Programa Congrés Leibniz 21-22 Gener 2016
INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS. 300
ANNIVERSARY GOTTFRIED WILHELM
LEIBNIZ
(Leipzig,1646
- Hannover,1716)
21
- 22th January 2016
Organization
Grup
de Recerca d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (Proyecto
HAR2013-44643-R)
Departament
de Matemàtiques de la Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya
Organization Committee
Joaquim
Berenguer, Mónica
Blanco, Guillermo
Lusa, Mª
Rosa Massa, Mary
Sol de Mora, Carles
Puig-Pla, Antoni
Roca-Rosell, Fàtima
Romero
Aims
-To
commemorate the 300th anniversary of
the death of Leibniz
from
a mathematical point of view and from
the area of history of science,
analyzing his work and
its impact.
-To complete and / or expand the scientific training of future professionals in engineering and mathematics.
-To complete and / or expand the scientific training of future professionals in engineering and mathematics.
-To
transmit to participants the perception of
mathematics as a useful, human, interdisciplinary, dynamic and heuristic
science.
Justification
of the activity
The
year
2016 will
mark the 300th anniversary of the death
of one of the most
important mathematicians of history, Gottfried
Wilhelm Leibniz.
The Research Group
of the History of
Science and Technology,
together with the Department of
Mathematics at the Polytechnic
University
of Catalonia, wants to commemorate
this anniversary by
holding an international congress,
bringing together all
the tributes that the scientific
community will make to him all over the world.
Leibniz’s
mathematical work includes numerous works on calculus,
determinants, combinatorial and
gambling. Understanding
the mathematical thought of Leibniz is a very complex issue that requires not only
the study of his mathematical texts, but also the related
philosophical ones where he interpreted the
processes of reasoning as algebra
of thought, and also
the analysis
of the many letters and
manuscripts
recently edited. With
this tribute to Leibniz,
we aim to acquire both a better understanding
of his thinking and his sources,
and
also the impact of
his work since the eighteenth century.
Regarding the lecturers,
we are
honored by the contribution of three personalities
of international prestige, who are experts
in Leibniz: Professor
Eberhard Knobloch
of
the Berlin University of Technology,
who has been the director of the
edition of the mathematical
writings of Leibniz
from 1976 to 2008
and since
2001 has been the director of the edition
of scientific, medical and technical
writings of Leibniz;
Professor Mary Sol
de Mora Charles,
Professor of History and Philosophy
of Science at the
University of the Basque Country, editor of
mathematical writings of Leibniz in Spanish,
one volume of which has
already been
published in 2014
and a second will be
published soon; Professor David Rabouin,
chargé de recherche
of SPHERE Laboratory
(CNRS, Université
Paris Diderot)
in
Paris, who in 2002 defended his
doctoral thesis on
Leibniz and
his Mathesis Universalis, and who currently
continues publishing on
the mathematics
of Leibniz.
The congress
will take place on 21 and 22 January 2016 at the
School of Industrial
Engineering of
Barcelona
and the Faculty of
Mathematics and
Statistics of the UPC.
Communications and registration
Registration
is free; you must confirm
attendance to Maria Rosa
Massa (m.rosa.massa@upc.edu)
or Antoni
Roca-Rosell (antoni.roca-rosell@upc.edu).
Collaborating Entities
Escola Tècnica
Superior d’Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (UPC),
Facultat de
Matemàtiques i Estadística (UPC), Càtedra UNESCO de Tècnica i
Cultura (UPC),
Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica
(IEC), Societat
Catalana de Matemàtiques (IEC), Grupo de Historia de las
Matemáticas (RSME),
Sociedad española Leibniz para estudios del Barroco y la
Ilustración (SeL).
INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS
300 ANNIVERSARY GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ
(Leipzig,1646
- Hannover,1716)
Dijous
21 de gener de 2016
Escola
Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona
Aula
Capella
11: 15 h: Benvinguda
11:
30 h: Presentació
del Congrés
12: 00 h: Generality in Leibniz’s mathematics
13:
30 h: Dinar
16: 00 h:
The
correspondence between Leibniz
and the Marquis de L'Hospital: on some questions regarding the
Leibnizian
calculus
16:
30 h: On
Leibniz' characteristica universalis --considered as a
thinking mood--
Sebastià Xambó (UPC, Barcelona)
Sebastià Xambó (UPC, Barcelona)
17:
00
h: Simpson and
Cerdà: erasing
borders between Leibniz and Newton
17: 30 h:
Concepciones
sobre la matemática, su enseñanza y su aprendizaje en el Compendio
Mathematico
de Thomas Vicente Tosca
Antonio M. Oller Marcén
(Centro Universitario de la
Defensa de Zaragoza, Zaragoza)
José María Muñoz Escolano (Departamento de
Matemáticas – Universidad de
Zaragoza, Zaragoza)
18:
00 h: The evolution of some
Mathematical Ideas from
Mengoli to Leibniz
Divendres
22 de gener de 2016
Facultat
de Matemàtiques i Estadística
Sala
d’Actes
10: 45 h:
Benvinguda
11: 00 h: Leibniz crítico de
Euclides. El método del Analisis
Situs
Mary Sol de
Mora (UPV/EHU, San
Sebastián)
12
h: Pausa i cafè
12: 30 h: Leibniz
as
a Universal Mathematician
David
Rabouin (Laboratoire
SPHERE, CNRS-Université
Paris Diderot, Paris)
13: 30 h:
Debat i
fi del congrés