Two Case Studies of Semiosis in Mathematics
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This chapter presents two case studies that highlight the problems of mathematical semiosis: how mathematical signs obtain and change their senses. The first case study follows the paradigmatic mathematical sign, x, as it is used in applications of powers series to combinatorics via generating functions. The second case study concerns gender role stereotypes involving the so-called “stable marriage problem.” Both case studies open up questions of how meaning is transferred within and across mathematical contexts and try to substantiate the book's claims about interpretation, formalization, and constraints over mathematical objects and statements. The chapter also considers gender-neutral mathematical language in the context of sexuality.
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