One hundred years of
L’Enseignement Mathématique
Professor M.K. Siu
The University of Hong Kong
Abstract
This is an
account (from a personal angle) of an international symposium of the same title
held at
Geneva
recently. The journal L’Enseignement Mathématique was established in Geneva in 1899 by H. Fehr and C.-A. Laisant,
who wanted to associate the world of teaching to the "great movement of scientific
solidarity" in the European arena at the end of the 19th century. Part of the talk will be on a brief history of the journal. Part
of the talk will be on the learning and teaching of analysis in the mid 20th
century, the topic the speaker is assigned to prepare for the symposium.