Reading Mathematical Texts with Structuralist Semiotics

Anna Kiel Steensen
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A chapter in Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Mathematical Practice, 2024, pp 3135-3150 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, we use structuralist semiotics as a framework for analyzing mathematical textual practices. We begin with a short introduction, in which we operationalize certain key aspects of structuralist semiotics. This gives us a tool for semiotic analysis of real mathematical texts. We then illustrate this type of analysis with a concrete text, namely, Über die Composition der binären quadratische Formen by Richard Dedekind.

Keywords: Philosophy of mathematical practice; Mathematical textuality; Structuralist semiotics; Dedekind (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-40846-5_115

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