A mathematical and historical reconsideration of the Lineale Ausdehnungslehre (1944) of Herman Günther Grassmann

• Grant number: 18/14122-4
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: October 01, 2018
• End date: November 17, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Algebra
• Principal Investigator: Francisco Cesar Polcino Milies
• Grantee: Francisco Cesar Polcino Milies
• Visiting researcher: Dominique Flament
• Visiting researcher institution: Laboratoire d'Histoire des Sciences et de Philosophie Archives Henri Poincaré, France
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/09162-9 - Non commutative algebra and applications, AP.TEM

Abstract

We intend to conduce an extensive research, from the point of view of the Conceptual History of Mathematics, of the main work of Herman G. Grassmann, continuing the previous work of Prof. Flament, who is internationally known for his work in this subject. We expect to understand the point of wiew of Grassmann himself when planning this work, a matter so far neglected by contemporary research. (AU)