Mathematical traditions in Greece and Rome

Cuomo, Serafina

Abstract

There were different ways of doing mathematics in the ancient Greek and Roman world. This essay will explore historiographical approaches to this diversity, from the claim that there were different traditions, to explorations of the social status of mathematicians, to attempts to go beyond written traditions in order to reconstruct practices. I will draw on Jean Lave’s studies on situation-specific mathematics to try and tease out the power relationships and underlying assumptions behind different histories of the evidence available to us.

Citation

Cuomo, S. (2019). Mathematical traditions in Greece and Rome. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 9(1), 75-85. https://doi.org/10.1086/703797

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Mar 31, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 26, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 15, 2019
• Journal: HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
• Electronic ISSN: 2049-1115
• Publisher: HAU Society for Ethnographic Theory
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-85
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/703797
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1360374