Notices of the International Consortium of Chinese Mathematicians

Volume 8 (2020)

Number 2

The role of history in learning and teaching mathematics: A personal perspective

Pages: 49 – 53

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/ICCM.2020.v8.n2.a5

Author

Sudhir R. Ghorpade (Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India)

Abstract

This is a slightly revised version of the Presidential address (General) delivered at the 84th Annual Conference of the Indian Mathematical Society held at Jammu, India in November 2018.

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Partial support received from the following is gratefully acknowledged: DST-RCN grant INT/NOR/RCN/ICT/P-03/2018 from the Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, MATRICS grant MTR/2018/000369 from the Science & Engg. Research Board, and IRCC award grant 12IRAWD009 from IIT Bombay.

Published 14 April 2021