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Who Linked Hegel’s Philosophy with the History of Mathematics? Hint: He Also Gave the Steiner Surface Its Name

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Years Ago features essays by historians and mathematicians that take us back in time. Whether addressing special topics or general trends, individual mathematicians or “schools” (as in schools of fish), the idea is always the same: to shed new light on the mathematics of the past. Submissions are welcome.

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Rowe, D.E. Who Linked Hegel’s Philosophy with the History of Mathematics? Hint: He Also Gave the Steiner Surface Its Name. Math Intelligencer 35, 51–55 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-013-9409-1

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