Misreading the History of Mathematics

Kac, Mark; Rota, Gian-Carlo; Schwartz, Jacob T.

doi:10.1007/978-0-8176-4775-9_20

Mark Kac,
Gian-Carlo Rota³ &
Jacob T. Schwartz⁴

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The History Of Mathematics, like most fields not supported by Federal Funds, is a disaster area.

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Dept. of Mathematics and Philosophy, MIT, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA
Gian-Carlo Rota
Courant Institute, 10012, New York, NY, USA
Jacob T. Schwartz

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Kac, M., Rota, GC., Schwartz, J.T. (1992). Misreading the History of Mathematics. In: Discrete Thoughts. Modern Birkhäuser Classics. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4775-9_20

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