The Cabinet de mathématiques of the Henri Poincaré Institute in Paris

François  Apéry

The Cabinet de mathématiques of the Henri Poincaré Institute in Paris

Publication date: 28.09.2020

Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology, 2020, Volume 65, Issue 3, pp. 97 - 108

https://doi.org/10.4467/0023589XKHNT.20.021.12604

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The Cabinet de mathématiques of the Henri Poincaré Institute in Paris

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The article is a historical overview of the rich collection of mathematical models stored at the Henri Poincaré Institute in Paris. The text focuses on the three main sources from the end of the nineteenth century and presents some new additions related to today’s mathematics.

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mathematical models, 19th-century mathematics, 20th-century mathematics, Gaston Darboux, Joseph Caron, Théodore Olivier, the Muret collection, the Schilling collection, campylograph

modele matematyczne, matematyka XIX w., matematyka XX w., Gaston Darboux, Joseph Caron, Théodore Olivier, kolecja Mureta, kolecja Schillinga, kampylograf

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Apéry F., Caron’s Wooden Mathematical Objects, [in:] Mathematics and Art III, ed. by C.P. Bruter, Paris 2015, p. 39–48.

Apéry F., Constructing Wire Models, [in:] Mathematics and Arts, ed. C. Bruter, Berlin, Heidelberg 2002, p. 179–200, DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-04909-9_21.

Apéry F., Le campylographe, “Quadrature” no. 100, 2016, p. 24–32.

Apéry F., Old and New Mathematical Models: Saving the Heritage of the Institut Henri Poincaré, [in:] Mathematics and Modern Art. Proceedings of the First ESMA Conference in Paris, ed. by C. Bruter, Berlin, Heidelberg 2012, p. 17–28, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-24497-1_3.

Apéry F., The Art of the Model, [in:] The House of Mathematics, ed. by C. Villani, J.-P. Uzan and V. Moncorgé, Paris 2014, p. 130–131.

Apéry F., The Models Chosen by Man Ray at the Institut Henri Poincaré: A Mathematician’s View, [in:] Man Ray. Human Equations, ed. by W.A. Grossman and E. Sebline, Ostfildern 2015, p. 106–109.

Muret C., Choix de modèles en plâtre et en fil, Paris ca. 1875.

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Information: Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology, 2020, Volume 65, Issue 3, pp. 97 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/0023589XKHNT.20.021.12604

Article type: Original article

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The Cabinet de mathématiques of the Henri Poincaré Institute in Paris

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François Apéry

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1876-1823

University of Upper-Alsace, Mulhouse, France

Published at: 28.09.2020

Received at: 06.12.2019

Accepted at: 13.03.2020

Article status: Open

Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

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