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3 times political conflict reshaped American mathematics

  • Written by Della Dumbaugh, Professor of Mathematics, University of Richmond
International forces advancing toward Boxer soldiers outside the Imperial Palace in Beijing, China, during the Boxer Rebellion.Library of Congress

Wars. Politics. Dynasties. Nationalism.

Although mathematics isn’t typically associated with these ideas, they have combined to yield a tremendous impact on its development in the U.S. Political...

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