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This text contains the Round Table reports of the First European Congress of Mathematics. The tables are a new feature of the Congress devoted to furthering the contribution of mathematics to society and reporting on its interaction with the exact and social sciences. This book is also available in hardcover as Volume 121 of the series ""Progress in Mathematics"".

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Author:   Anthony Joseph ,  Fulbert Mignot ,  Francois Murat ,  Bernard Prum
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Volume:   121
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.870kg
ISBN:  

9783764351564

ISBN 10:   376435156
Pages:   574
Publication Date:   01 December 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents of Volume III.- Round Table A: Mathematics and the General Public.- Appendix: Replies to a Questionnaire.- Round Table B: Women and Mathematics.- Round Table C: Mathematics and Educational Policy.- Mathematics in the School Curricula in Flemish Speaking Belgium.- Mathematics in the French Educational System.- The Role of Mathematics in Educational Policies in Germany.- Italy: Mathematics in Higher Education.- Mathematics and Educational Policy (United Kingdom).- Round Table D: Let’s Cultivate Mathematics!.- Introductory Remarks.- Institutional Dimension in the Definition of Cultural Strategies in Mathematics.- Television Mathematics: Cultivation or Distortion?.- Mathematicians and the Need for Critical Self-Reflection.- Mathematics in its Historical Context.- Ecology of Mathematical Knowledge: An Alternative Vision of the Popularization of Mathematics.- Round Table E: Mathematical Europe, Myth or Historical Reality?.- The Creation of (the History of) Algebra.- The Perenniality of Programmes.- Mathematical Europe from Outside Europe.- At the Beginning of our World: The Nineteenth Century.- Centers and Peripheries.- Conclusions.- Round Table F: Philosophie des mathématiques: pourquoi? comment?.- Formes, opérations, objets en mathématiques et en philosophic.- Le platonisme transcendantal et le probléme de l’objectivité.- Reflexions on Formalism and Reductionism in Logic and Computer Science.- Pourquoi les mathématiques sont-elles difficiles?.- Le geste bien plutôt que la règle.- Discussion.- Round Table G: Mathématiques et sciences sociales.- au débat.- On the Use of Mathematics in Social Sciences: Some Remarks.- La sociologie face à la mathématisation.- Round Table H: Mathematics and Industry.- Round Table I: Degree Harmonization andStudent Exchange Programmes.- Round Table J: The Pythagoras Programme A European Policy for Mathematics.- Round Table K: Collaboration with Developing Countries.- Appendix I: Contributions made by Mathematical Societies.- Appendix II: Individual Reports.- Appendix III: Centers in Collaboration.- Round Table L: Mathematical Libraries in Europe.- Financing of the Libraries.- The Situation of Libraries in Russia.- The Situation of Libraries in Poland.- The Financial Situation of Mathematical Libraries in Hungary.- Scientific Publishing and Problems of Documentation.- Documentary Inflation and the Rising Cost of Journals.- New Technologies and Computerization.- Computerization of Spanish Libraries.- The French Experience and Norms.- Appendix 1: Results of the Questionnaire.- Appendix 2: Statistical Data.- Appendix 3: Manufacturing Costs.- Appendix 4: Electronic Publishing: A Few Remarks.- Questionnaire.- Round Table M: Mathematics and Economics.- Round Table O: Mathématiques et chimie.- Mathématiques et modélisation en dynamique chimique.- Mathématiques et science des matériaux.- Knowledge Acquisition in Chemistry.- Mathematical Methods for Determining Crystal Structure.- La théorie des groupes en chimie.- Mathématiques et chimie quantique.- Mathématiques et chimie en recherche pharmaceutique.- Two Global Methods for Molecular Geometry Optimization.- Géométrie fractale et équations différentielles d’ordre non entier en chimie physique.- Round Table P: Mathematics in Medicine and Biology.- Medical Statistics: an Example from Diabetes Epidemiology.- Point Process Approach of Life Histories: Causal Chains.- Two Signal Cell Activation Explored with Simple Mathematics.- A Theory of the Functional Organization of Biological Systems Applied to Neural Networks.-Stochastic Vistas to the Analysis of Physical Mapping of the Genome.- Rhythms and Chaos in Biological Systems.- Discussion and conclusions.- Index of Authors of Volume III.

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