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2 papers
math.HO2012
Linear groups in Galois fields. A case study of tacit circulation of explicit knowledge
Frederic Brechenmacher
This preprint is the extended version of a paper that will be published in the proceedings of the Oberwolfach conference "Explicit vs tacit knowledge in mathematics" (January 2012)…
math.HO2007★ 2 cited
Algebraic generality vs arithmetic generality in the controversy between C. Jordan and L. Kronecker (1874)
Frederic Brechenmacher
Throughout the whole year of 1874, C. Jordan and L. Kronecker were quarrelling over two theorems. On the one hand, Jordan had stated in 1870 a canonical form theorem for substituti…