论文部分内容阅读
我的文章的主题是数学考古学,我的目的是追述一下两位学者的一部分研究工作。他们是奥托·诺基堡尔和他的同事、长期合作者阿伯拉罕·萨克斯。前者曾在1979年接受过美国数学学会的功勋奖,对我来说,写作本文也是一个偿还他俩债务的机会。1947年我作为一个新的助教授去布郎大学时,受到了作为数学史和天文学史研究班正式访问者式的欢迎。尽管我始终没有自认是数学史家,然而这
The subject of my essay is mathematical archeology, and my purpose is to trace some of the research work done by two scholars. They are Otto Naukborg and his colleague, longtime partner Abraham Sachs. The former received the Merit Award from the American Mathematical Society in 1979, and for me writing this article is also an opportunity to repay their debts. When I went to Brown University in 1947 as a new assistant professor, I was welcomed as an official visitor to the history of mathematics and astronomy classes. Although I have never considered myself a math historian, however