José anastácio da cunha: A forgotten forerunner

Queiró, João Filipe

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“…16 There are many papers on da Cunha, the most notable Portuguese mathematician of the 18th century. See (Youschkevitch, 1973) and (Queiró, 1988). 17 Besides these subjects, specific to the mathematics course, there were two more, which do not appear in the above table as they were not mathematical ones: Drawing, recommended to be attended during the third or fourth years, and Architecture, civil and military, which was recommended for those who had already attended the first year classes.…”

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Étienne Bézout in Portugal: The reform of the Portuguese University and beyond (1772–1838)

Saraiva

2015

Historia Mathematica

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After a long period of stagnation in the Portuguese University, a change arrived with the 1772 reform of the University, which included the foundation of the first faculty of mathematics in Portugal.Three of the four textbooks used in the first two years of the mathematics course were translated from works by Étienne Bézout (1730-1783). We present an overview of his life and his mathematics textbooks, and a survey of his Portuguese translations. We evaluate his impact on Portuguese mathematics through examination of mentions of him in the first series of the Memoirs of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. SumárioTerminou um longo período de estagnação da Universidade Portuguesa com a reforma da Universidade em 1772, que incluiu a criação da primeira Faculdade de Matemática no país.Três dos quatro manuais utilizados nos dois primeiros anos do Curso de Matemática eram traduções de textos de Étienne Bézout (1730-1783). Apresentamos uma perspectiva da sua vida e manuais matemáticos, bem como um levantamento das traduções para português das suas obras. Avaliamos o seu impacto na matemática portuguesa através da análise das suas menções na primeira série das Memórias da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa.

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Étienne Bézout in Portugal: The reform of the Portuguese University and beyond (1772–1838)

Saraiva

2015

Historia Mathematica

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“…Although containing remarkable original contributions in the field of infinitesimal calculus [8][9][10][11], the book was ignored by the faculty. This is not easily understood, even considering some of the pedagogical drawbacks of the text (see [5; 10; 14; and the references therein]).…”

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Mathematical Horizons: Light and Darkness in Portugal in the 18th Century

Bebiano

1996

Historia Mathematica

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In Portugal, until the University Reform of 1772, there was no great tradition of mathematical studies. There was an atmosphere of ignorance, and the kingdom was unaware of the scientific events that had occurred in Europe during the previous two centuries. The first aim of this reform was modernization. A faculty of mathematics was created in Coimbra. That part of the 1772 Statutes which concerns the creation of the faculty of mathematics is analyzed here. The dramatic plunge of the talented geometer and poet José Anastá cio da Cunha from honor to ruin reflects the contrast between the era of enlightenment in Portuguese mathematics promised by the reform and the emptiness of the subsequent period.Em Portugal, até à Reforma de 1772, não houve uma tradição assinalá vel de estudos matemá ticos. O Reino encontrava-se fechado ao progresso científico que ocorrera na Europa nos dois sé culos precedentes, prevalecendo uma atmosfera de ignorâ ncia e morbidez. O principal objectivo da Reforma era vencer o atraso e estagnação em que a Universidade Portuguesa jazia. Em Coimbra foi criada uma Faculdade de Matemá ticas. Nesta nota analisamse os Estatutos de 1772 no que concerne a criação desta Faculdade. Evoca-se José Anastá cio da Cunha, poeta e matemá tico de talento perseguido pela Inquisição. O seu drama reflecte o contraste entre as luzes prenunciadas pela Reforma e o subsequente período de obscuridade.

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“…His main work, Mathematical Principles 1 was only published three years after his death; in it an analysis of some of the main mathematical topics of the time is proposed, with an unusual preoccupation with rigorousness in an extremely synthetic language. For analysis of this book, see Youschkevitch (1973), Oliveira (1988), Queiró (1988) and da Cunha (1990). Monteiro da Rocha presented his first paper in 1782.…”

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A Survey of Portuguese Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century

Saraiva

2000

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Résumé La reforme de l'Université Portugaise en 1772, qui avait pour but la mettre au niveau des meilleures Universités d'Europe, n'a pas eu le temps de se développer, opposée par des forces rétrogrades. En conséquence de ce fait et du climat d'agitation politique et sociale qui a caractérisé la Portugal dans la première moitié du dixneuvième siècle, la production mathématique dans cette époque fut minimale. Les académies militaires étaient alors les principaux centres de transmission des connaissances mathématiques, et les articles de mathématique en ce temps étaient publiés dans sa majorité par l'Académie de Sciences de Lisbonne. Dans la deuxième moitié du dixneuvième siècle le Portugal entra dans une période de stabilité. La reforme de l'enseignement de 1836, et les nouveaux status de l'Académie de 1851 ont proporcionné un développement de l'activité mathématique, qui fut acompagnée de la restructuration des académies militaires ou de leur transformation en Ecoles Polytechniques; l'Ecole Polytechnique de Lisbonne fut spécialement importante. A partir de 1877, avec la publication du premier journal de mathématique qui ne dépendait pas de l'Académie, et qui avait pour but spécifique briser l'isolement des mathématiques portugaises, la recherche en ce champs s'est encore plus développée. Dans la dernière partie de cet article nous donnons quelques éléments sur la vie et l'oeuvre de deux importants mathématiciens portugais du dixneuvième siècle: Daniel Augusto da Silva (1814–1878) et Francisco Gomes Teixeira (1851–1933).

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José anastácio da cunha: A forgotten forerunner

Cited by 11 publications

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Étienne Bézout in Portugal: The reform of the Portuguese University and beyond (1772–1838)

Étienne Bézout in Portugal: The reform of the Portuguese University and beyond (1772–1838)

Mathematical Horizons: Light and Darkness in Portugal in the 18th Century

A Survey of Portuguese Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century

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