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SUMMARY:On the Past of Mathematical Objects [Toeplitz Colloquium]
DTSTART:20260615T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:\n\nAbstract\nThe question of understanding the past of a math
 ematical object is among the most common for those interested in the histo
 ry of mathematics. However\, it is often delicate to answer: even after re
 asonably identifying a date when the chosen object was first defined\, one
  must trace back through time to locate earlier versions of this object an
 d then understand the historical continuities that link these versions tog
 ether. My presentation aims to illustrate these questions through the exam
 ple of the genus of algebraic curves\, a first definition of which can be 
 attributed to the German mathematician Alfred Clebsch (1833–1872). I wil
 l particularly describe two distinct genealogical paths that led to this d
 efinition: one connected to the theory of abelian functions\, through the 
 work of Abel\, Jacobi\, Riemann\, and others\; the other related to the cl
 assification of algebraic curves\, as explored by Descartes\, Newton\, Eul
 er\, and Cramer.\n\n\n \n\nhttps://math-events.uni-bonn.de/event/1197/
LOCATION:Endenicher Allee 60/1-016 - Lipschitzsaal (Mathezentrum)
URL:https://math-events.uni-bonn.de/event/1197/
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