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The Allegheny College Mathematics Department Presents Guest Speaker Philip Kutzko

The Allegheny College Mathematics Department Presents Guest Speaker Philip Kutzko Professor of Mathematics, University of Iowa. Euclid and Descartes. Henderson Auditorium , Quigley Hall Allegheny College Thursday , March 1, 2012 at 4pm.

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The Allegheny College Mathematics Department Presents Guest Speaker Philip Kutzko

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  1. The Allegheny College Mathematics Department Presents Guest Speaker Philip Kutzko Professor of Mathematics, University of Iowa Euclid and Descartes Henderson Auditorium, Quigley Hall Allegheny College Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 4pm Abstract: Mathematics and, in fact, all of the sciences, changed fundamentally in the seventeenth century for reasons that have never been satisfactorily explained. We will contrast the approach to mathematics in the modern era with that found in Euclid by considering the different approaches to two questions: Which regular polygons may be constructed with a straightedge and a compass? Is there an infinite number of prime numbers? We will then consider some of the implications of this fundamental shift for the way that we do mathematics today in the United States. Statue of Euclid in Oxford Source: math open reference.com Descartes Source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Refreshments will be available after the talk. Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics. Funded by the William Beazell Memorial Fund. For more information, contact Harald Ellers at hellers@allegheny.edu.

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