Historically Speaking– Debatable or Erroneous Statements Relating to the History of Mathematics
The student or teacher who consults several references to obtain information about some historical point in the development of mathematics may, at first, be shocked to find definite discrepancies. Further study may reveal that while in certain cases the reference seems to be definitely in error, in other cases the point may be debatable. Sometimes the error seems clearly to be typographical; in other situations the author has been careless in drawing too-general conclusions; in still others the situation is simply one in which even competent research has not yet produced clear-cut evidence. Unfortunately, in some cases, reading of the references indicates an error caused by repeating an unchecked statement made by some previous author.
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1985 ◽
Vol 19
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pp. 9-33
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