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SUMMARY:LMS Hirst Lecture and Society Meeting
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DESCRIPTION:The meeting features the Hirst Lecture 2022\, given by the winn
	er of the Joint LMS-BSHM Hirst Prize and Lectureship 2021\, Professor Kari
	ne Chemla (CNRS). There will also be an accompanying talk by Professor Ser
	afina Cuomo (Durham).\n\nThe Hirst Prize and Lectureship for the History o
	f Mathematics is awarded for contributions to the study of the history of 
	mathematics. The prize will be awarded in recognition of original and inno
	vative work in the history of mathematics\, which may be in any medium. Th
	is prize is awarded jointly by the LMS and the British Society for the His
	tory of Mathematics.\n\nProgramme (All times are in BST)\n\n2.00 pm: Arriv
	al\n\n2.30 pm: Opening of the meeting.\n\n2.45pm: Serafina Cuomo (Durham)\
	n\n'Maths and the city. A snapshot of numeracy in classical Athens.'\n\nAb
	tract: I will explore the various spaces and practices for Athenian numera
	cy in the 5th and 4th century BCE\, and discuss rates of numeracy\, and al
	so sketch a profile of who may have been numerate at the time.\n\n3.45 pm:
	 Tea\n\n4.15 pm: Karine Chemla SPHERE (CNRS & Université de Paris)\n\n'Alg
	ebraic work with operations in China\, 1st century—13th century'\n\nAbstra
	ct: Thirteenth century Chinese mathematical works attest to two interestin
	g innovations. Qin Jiushao’s Mathematical Work in Nine Chapters (Shushu Ji
	uzhang 數書九章\, 1247) describes an algorithm solving congruence equations in
	 ways related to the so-called “Chinese remainder theorem”. Moreover\, Li 
	Ye’ 李冶 Measuring the Circle on the Sea-Mirror (Ceyuan haijing\, 1248) show
	s how to use polynomial algebra to establish algebraic equations solving m
	athematical problems. Both authors make use of the same technical expressi
	on: “one establishes one heavenly source/origin as… li tian yuan yi wei….”
	 Historians of the past have relied on modern interpretations of the texts
	 to draw the conclusion that\, in the two contexts\, this expression had d
	ifferent technical meanings. I suggest interpreting this expression in lig
	ht of the ancient Chinese mathematical canon and its commentaries. This ap
	proach allows us to give the same meaning to the expression and\, more imp
	ortantly\, to bring to light a tradition of formal work on operations to w
	hich a series of Chinese mathematical documents attests.\n\n5.15 pm: Meeti
	ng closes - Wine reception.\n\n6.30 pm: Society Dinner
URL:https://www.lms.ac.uk/events/Hirst-Lecture
LOCATION:Online via Zoom & in-person at De Morgan House\, London\, UK
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