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‘Juglers or schollers?’: Negotiating the role of a mathematical practitioner. (English) Zbl 0918.01004

This paper will use the dispute between Oughtred and Delamain taking place around 1632 to investigate the breakdown of consensus over internal mathematical boundaries, the rhetoric and strategies involved in attempts to gain authority by mathematical practitioners, and the extent to which their roles were negotiated, both with other practitioners, and with their patrons and students.

MSC:

01A45 History of mathematics in the 17th century
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