International audienceIn correspondence with Mersenne in 1629, Descartes discusses a construction involving a cylinder and what Descartes calls a “helice.” Mancosu has argued that by “helice” Descartes was referring to a cylindrical helix. The editors of Mersenne’s correspondence (Vol. II), and Henk Bos, have independently argued that, on the contrary, by “helice” Descartes was referring to the Archimedean spiral. We argue that identifying the helice with the cylindrical helix makes better sense of the text. In the process we take a careful look at constructions of the cylindrical helix available to Descartes and relate them to his criteria for excluding mechanical curves from geometry.Dans sa correspondance avec Mersenne en 1629, Descartes...
SUMMARY. — The aim of the present study is the reception and interpretation of the scholium on propo...
AbstractThe only occurrence of Descartes’ method of normals before La Géométrie (1637) is to be foun...
Masteroppgave i matematikkdidaktikk 2007 - Høgskolen i Agder, KristiansandThis study concentrates on...
International audienceIn correspondence with Mersenne in 1629, Descartes discusses a construction in...
AbstractsIn correspondence with Mersenne in 1629, Descartes discusses a construction involving a cyl...
Building on the work of Henk Bos and John Schuster, I will examine how the story of Descartes-the-ph...
AbstractThe aim of this paper is to analyse how the bases of Descartes's geometry differed from thos...
This work studies the construction of algebraic curves by means of mechanical plotting tools designe...
International audienceIn this article, I examine the respective role of equations and construction i...
My thesis is that Descartes wrote the Discours as a plan for a universal science, as he or...
In "Forms of mathematization 14th- 17th Centuries" , Carla Rita Palmerino and Sophie Roux (editors),...
What struck the young student of mathematics at the college of La Fleche was the absolute certainty ...
AbstractM. Mersenne, first translator of Galileo's work into French, pointed out that Galileo's “tim...
Descartes is one of the few geniuses in history who was able to bequeath epoch-making contributions ...
SUMMARY. — I explain the structure of the Géométrie, and I defend the thesis that the aim of Descart...
SUMMARY. — The aim of the present study is the reception and interpretation of the scholium on propo...
AbstractThe only occurrence of Descartes’ method of normals before La Géométrie (1637) is to be foun...
Masteroppgave i matematikkdidaktikk 2007 - Høgskolen i Agder, KristiansandThis study concentrates on...
International audienceIn correspondence with Mersenne in 1629, Descartes discusses a construction in...
AbstractsIn correspondence with Mersenne in 1629, Descartes discusses a construction involving a cyl...
Building on the work of Henk Bos and John Schuster, I will examine how the story of Descartes-the-ph...
AbstractThe aim of this paper is to analyse how the bases of Descartes's geometry differed from thos...
This work studies the construction of algebraic curves by means of mechanical plotting tools designe...
International audienceIn this article, I examine the respective role of equations and construction i...
My thesis is that Descartes wrote the Discours as a plan for a universal science, as he or...
In "Forms of mathematization 14th- 17th Centuries" , Carla Rita Palmerino and Sophie Roux (editors),...
What struck the young student of mathematics at the college of La Fleche was the absolute certainty ...
AbstractM. Mersenne, first translator of Galileo's work into French, pointed out that Galileo's “tim...
Descartes is one of the few geniuses in history who was able to bequeath epoch-making contributions ...
SUMMARY. — I explain the structure of the Géométrie, and I defend the thesis that the aim of Descart...
SUMMARY. — The aim of the present study is the reception and interpretation of the scholium on propo...
AbstractThe only occurrence of Descartes’ method of normals before La Géométrie (1637) is to be foun...
Masteroppgave i matematikkdidaktikk 2007 - Høgskolen i Agder, KristiansandThis study concentrates on...