Mathematics for Independence: From Spanish Liberal Exile to the Young American Republics

This paper studies one period in the history of mathematical relationships between Spain and Latin America, when right after the first liberating movements at the beginning of the 19th century, the Spanish-exiled liberals in London produced a peculiar kind of mathematical textbook for the new republ...

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Published inHistoria mathematica Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 314 - 326
Main Authors Ausejo, Elena, Hormigón, Mariano
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.11.1999
Subjects
elementary mathematics
mathematics dissemination
19th century
mathematics catechisms
Spain
Latin America
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Summary:This paper studies one period in the history of mathematical relationships between Spain and Latin America, when right after the first liberating movements at the beginning of the 19th century, the Spanish-exiled liberals in London produced a peculiar kind of mathematical textbook for the new republics, the catechisms. Copyright 1999 Academic Press. Este trabajo estudia un periodo de la historia de los intercambios matemáticos entre España y Latinoamérica inmediatamente posterior a los movimientos liberadores de principios del siglo XIX, cuando los liberales españoles exiliados en Londres produjeron un tipo muy peculiar de textos matemáticos para las nuevas repúblicas americanas, los catecismos. Copyright 1999 Academic Press. AMS 1991 subject classifications: 00A05, 01A55, 01A80.
ISSN:0315-0860
1090-249X
DOI:10.1006/hmat.1999.2253