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Host: Palacio de Congresos de Granada
Homepage: http://www.ugr.es/~alhambra2000/0Congr.htm
Organizers: Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (President, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques - Paris - France), Karine Chemla (CNRS - U. Paris VII - France), Antonio Córdoba (U. Autónoma - Madrid - Spain), Enrico Giusti (USF - Firenze - Italy), Eberhard Knobloch (TU - Berlin - Germany), Hourya Sinaceur (CNRS - Paris I - France)
Description:
The ALHAMBRA 2000 European-Arabic Congress of Mathematics (with History of European
and Arabic Mathematics and Mathematicians) aims for presenting a global view of how mathematical
schools around the Mediterranean Sea contributed to the development of Mathematics.
It will especially focus on the following points:
To offer a synthesis of our recent knowledge on Arabic Mathematics and its transmission towards the North from the 12th till the 17th century onwards, with a special emphasis on the case of Spain. To revise our understanding of the originality of the Mathematics which developed in Europe from the 13th century onwards.
The role played by Spain during the Middle Ages in the advancement of Mathematics was twofold. First, the very development of Mathematics during the age of Al-Andalus was very important. On the other hand, various communities lived in Spain in good terms and worked together. Fm the 12th century onwards, this attracted scholars from the North of Europe who came to Spain to translate this body of knowledge into Latin.
As a consequence, this symposium is designed for a wide audience, which is not limited to specialists on past and present-day Mathematics, Arabic, Medieval, Renaissance and Classical mathematics.
Plenary lectures of the above subjects, as well as short communications, will be held in morning sessions.
Date received: January 03, 2000
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