Keeping Mathematical Awareness Alive

Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen ()
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Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen: Technical University of Denmark

A chapter in Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics, 2012, pp 387-396 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Caring for the development of abstract mathematics is not at first sight useful and in modern society the applications of mathematics are more sophisticated and more difficult to grasp than in earlier times. This may easily lead to a decline in the emphasis on mathematical knowledge and thought in society, in particular in the educational system. The increasing pressure from governments for more focus on immediate applications of mathematics in education and in mathematical research at universities makes it a huge task to inform the public about the usefulness and necessity of understanding the abstract mathematical thinking required to develop fundamental new applications of mathematics. How can we handle it?

Keywords: Public Awareness; Mathematical Knowledge; Mathematical Idea; Short Story; Isoperimetric Problem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25710-0_27

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