Old mathematical challenges: Precedents to the millennium problems

IF 0.4 Q3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
S. S. D. León
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Abstract

The Millennium Problems stated by the Clay Mathematics Institute became a stimulus for mathematical research. The aim of this article is to show some previous challenges that were also a stimulus to prove interesting results. With this pretext, we present three moments in the history of mathematics that were important for the development of new lines of research. We briefly analyse the Tartaglia challenge, which allowed experts to discover a formula for third degree equations; Johan Bernoulli’s problem of the curve of fastest descent, which originated the calculus of variations; and the incidence of the problems posed by David Hilbert in 1900, focusing on the first problem in the list: the continuum hypothesis.
古老的数学挑战:千年难题的先例
克莱数学研究所提出的千年问题刺激了数学研究。本文的目的是展示一些以前的挑战,这些挑战也是证明有趣结果的刺激因素。以此为借口,我们呈现了数学史上对发展新的研究领域至关重要的三个时刻。我们简要分析了Tartaglia挑战,它使专家们能够发现三阶方程的公式;约翰·伯努利的最快下降曲线问题,它起源于变分法;以及大卫·希尔伯特在1900年提出的问题的发生率,重点是列表中的第一个问题:连续体假设。
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Metode Science Studies Journal
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