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SURFACE THEORY IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES: THE SECOND PROBLEM OF APPLICABILITY
… nel XVIII e XIX secolo legati al secondo problema dell'applicabilità. Due superfici sono applicabili l'una all'altra se esiste una deformazione continua che mappa l'una sull'altra. Fino alla fine dell’Ottocento, si credeva che questo fosse equivalente a richiedere che le due superfici …
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Towards a Mapping Account of Applicability: An Exposition, Explanation, and Justification of the Representational Conception of Applied Mathematics
This thesis defends the view that the role of applied mathematics is a representational one, and develops a mapping account of the applicability of mathematics that does justice to this representational conception. The first chapter outlines some philosophical problems of applicability and some of …