The infinite is the chasm in which our thoughts are lost: Reflections on Sophie Germain’s Essays
Sophie Germain was a reputed female mathematician, an independent academia thinker, who lived in France during the first Empire and Bourbon Restauration. She had remarkable contributions to number theory and elasticity theory and she was the first to introduce the concept of mean curvature. She w...
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| author | Adam Glesser Bogdan D. Suceavă Mihaela B. Vajiac |
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| description | Sophie Germain was a reputed female mathematician, an independent academia thinker, who lived in France during the first Empire and Bourbon Restauration. She had remarkable contributions to number theory and elasticity theory and she was the first to introduce the concept of mean curvature.
She was a contemporary of Gauss, Lagrange, Cauchy and Poncelet, being however neglected by the scientific community of that time.
An interesting parallel with the destiny of Jane Austen is also drawn.
One of her main writings was Philosophical Works, published in 1879 by Paul Ritti. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e010251e44e43f0a1b97b104538b3a22022-12-21T19:47:40ZengPublishing House of the Romanian AcademyMemoirs of the Scientific Sections of the Romanian Academy1224-14072343-70492020-11-01XLIII215223The infinite is the chasm in which our thoughts are lost: Reflections on Sophie Germain’s EssaysAdam Glesser0Bogdan D. Suceavă1Mihaela B. Vajiac2Department of Mathematics, California State University, Fullerton, U.S.A.Department of Mathematics, California State University, Fullerton, U.S.A.Faculty of Mathematics, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, U.S.A.Sophie Germain was a reputed female mathematician, an independent academia thinker, who lived in France during the first Empire and Bourbon Restauration. She had remarkable contributions to number theory and elasticity theory and she was the first to introduce the concept of mean curvature. She was a contemporary of Gauss, Lagrange, Cauchy and Poncelet, being however neglected by the scientific community of that time. An interesting parallel with the destiny of Jane Austen is also drawn. One of her main writings was Philosophical Works, published in 1879 by Paul Ritti.http://mss.academiaromana-is.ro/mem_sc_st_2020/20_Glesser_Suceava.pdfsophie germainnumber theoryelatsicity theoryfemale mathematicianmean curvature concept |
| spellingShingle | Adam Glesser Bogdan D. Suceavă Mihaela B. Vajiac The infinite is the chasm in which our thoughts are lost: Reflections on Sophie Germain’s Essays Memoirs of the Scientific Sections of the Romanian Academy sophie germain number theory elatsicity theory female mathematician mean curvature concept |
| title | The infinite is the chasm in which our thoughts are lost: Reflections on Sophie Germain’s Essays |
| title_full | The infinite is the chasm in which our thoughts are lost: Reflections on Sophie Germain’s Essays |
| title_fullStr | The infinite is the chasm in which our thoughts are lost: Reflections on Sophie Germain’s Essays |
| title_full_unstemmed | The infinite is the chasm in which our thoughts are lost: Reflections on Sophie Germain’s Essays |
| title_short | The infinite is the chasm in which our thoughts are lost: Reflections on Sophie Germain’s Essays |
| title_sort | infinite is the chasm in which our thoughts are lost reflections on sophie germain s essays |
| topic | sophie germain number theory elatsicity theory female mathematician mean curvature concept |
| url | http://mss.academiaromana-is.ro/mem_sc_st_2020/20_Glesser_Suceava.pdf |
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