2 papers
math.HO2009
The trace of First World War on mathematics in Brno
Laurent Mazliak, Pavel Sisma
In the present paper, we study the evolution of the mathematical community in Brno (Brünn in German), the Moravian maintown, in the years between 1900 and 1930. In particular, we w…
math.HO2006
The axiomatic melting pot. Teaching probability theory in Prague during the 1930's
Stepanka Bilova, Laurent Mazliak, Pavel Sisma
In this paper, we are interested in the teaching of probability theory in Prague and Czechoslovakia, in particular during the 1930's. We focus specially on a textbook, published in…