Developing Mathematics in Third World Countries (eBook)

Proceedings of the international conference held in Khartoum, March 6-9, 1978

Bozzano G Luisa (Herausgeber)

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1979 | 1. Auflage
206 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-087144-8 (ISBN)

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Developing mathematics in Third World countries

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Developing Mathematics in Third World Countries 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 10
Foreword 6
Acknowledegments 8
PART ONE: THE CONFERENCE: ITS BACKGROUND AND WORK 14
1. Pre-Conference considerations 16
2. Planning for the Conference 18
3. Problems along the way 20
4. Publications exhibition 21
5. The Conference in action 22
6. The work of the Conference 22
7. Conclusions 34
PART TWO: THE INVITED TALKS 36
Chapter 1. Strategies & priorities in mathematical education and research in developing countries
Chapter 2. Adequate mathematics for third world countries: Consideranda and strategies 46
Chapter 3. The development of school mathematics: Some general principles 60
Chapter 4. Past, present and future educational technologies 66
Chapter 5. Research and higher education in mathematics: the Philippine experience 80
Chapter 6. Aspects of the recent development of functional analysis in Brazil 94
Chapter 7. Programmed teaching of probability and statistics 102
Chapter 8. Mathematical models of schistosomiasis 124
Chapter 9. Developing mathematics 140
Chapter 10. Computers, mathematics and applications 148
Chapter 11. Mathematics research in third world countries: Pitfalls and opportunities 156
Chapter 12. Organising mathematical research in developing countries 164
Chapter 13. La situation actuelle et les potentialites mathematiques de l'Afrique 170
Chapter 14. Cooperacion internacional: Una experiencia y algunas reflexiones 178
Chapter 15. Development of mathematics in Southeast Asia: The experience of the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society 182
PART THREE: THE FINAL REPORT 192
I. School mathematics 194
II. University mathematics institutions 198
III. Mathematics and development 200
IV. Mathematics policy & international cooperation
APPENDICES 206
Appendix 1: List of participants 208
Appendix 2: Titles of contributed papers 216
Appendix 3: The Conference Committees, Working Groups and Chairmen 218
Appendix 4 : Allocution de Cloture 220

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.1979
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-087144-5 / 0080871445
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-087144-8 / 9780080871448