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Mathematics Education in Antiquity

In: Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education

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  • Alain Bernard

    (Paris-Est University (UPE), Centre Alexandre Koyré, UMR EHESS)

  • Christine Proust

    (CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, Laboratoire SPHERE)

  • Micah Ross

    (University of Idaho)

Abstract

This chapter is derived from highly heterogeneous sources both in their nature and in their geographic and chronological distribution. These sources represent different environments and refer to different cultural and institutional codes. Whereas ancient sources do not describe a coherent picture of teaching mathematics in Antiquity, some details from the better documented educational contexts of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Greco-Roman World provide impressionistic insight into these traditions. This approach shows that modern knowledge of these contexts is limited and that even the kinds of questions framing the topic depend strictly on the nature of the surviving sources.

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  • Alain Bernard & Christine Proust & Micah Ross, 2014. "Mathematics Education in Antiquity," Springer Books, in: Alexander Karp & Gert Schubring (ed.), Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 27-53, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4614-9155-2_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9155-2_3
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