Ancient Chinese Mathematics in Action: Wu Wen-Tsun''s Nationalist Historicism after the Cultural Revolution

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F12%3A10123403" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/12:10123403 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://easts.dukejournals.org/content/6/1/41.full" target="_blank" >http://easts.dukejournals.org/content/6/1/41.full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/18752160-1506346" target="_blank" >10.1215/18752160-1506346</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Ancient Chinese Mathematics in Action: Wu Wen-Tsun''s Nationalist Historicism after the Cultural Revolution

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article attempts to theoretically explain the origins of the nationalist and historicist turn of the Chinese mathematician Wu Wen-Tsun (born 1919). Wu returned to China from France in 1951 as an internationally recognized expert on algebraic topology, but his career was frustrated by political disruption and isolation from international research, especially during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). After he studied ancient Chinese mathematics during the 1974 campaign against Confucianism (Pi Lin PiKong ????), he defended its relevance for modern mathematics and set out to demonstrate it in his own work. This coincided with Wu's reorientation from algebraic topology to mechanization of geometric proofs. Wu claimed that ancient Chinese mathematics inspired the method he developed, both by its general style and by specific techniques. His use of ancient Chinese mathematics was connected to his calls for an independent mathematical tradition in China. I argue that he turned to nationa

Název v anglickém jazyce

Ancient Chinese Mathematics in Action: Wu Wen-Tsun''s Nationalist Historicism after the Cultural Revolution

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article attempts to theoretically explain the origins of the nationalist and historicist turn of the Chinese mathematician Wu Wen-Tsun (born 1919). Wu returned to China from France in 1951 as an internationally recognized expert on algebraic topology, but his career was frustrated by political disruption and isolation from international research, especially during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). After he studied ancient Chinese mathematics during the 1974 campaign against Confucianism (Pi Lin PiKong ????), he defended its relevance for modern mathematics and set out to demonstrate it in his own work. This coincided with Wu's reorientation from algebraic topology to mechanization of geometric proofs. Wu claimed that ancient Chinese mathematics inspired the method he developed, both by its general style and by specific techniques. His use of ancient Chinese mathematics was connected to his calls for an independent mathematical tradition in China. I argue that he turned to nationa

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AB - Dějiny

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2012

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

East Asian Science, Technology and Society

ISSN

1875-2160

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

6

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

41-64

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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