Anderson Norton is a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Virginia Tech, where he teaches the History of Mathematics (MATH 4044). His research focuses on building psychological models of students' mathematics.
https://www.math.vt.edu/people/faculty/norton-anderson.html
This website is intended to elucidate the psychological and historical bases of mathematics. It also provides a resource for History of Math students and will include student projects as contributions.
Mathematical objects arise from the coordination of our own mental actions, and we can often see this development in the history of mathematics itself. Understanding mathematics in this way empowers each of us to construct mathematics for ourselves. The paper attached below elaborates on this perspective.
https://www.math.vt.edu/people/faculty/norton-anderson.html
This website is intended to elucidate the psychological and historical bases of mathematics. It also provides a resource for History of Math students and will include student projects as contributions.
Mathematical objects arise from the coordination of our own mental actions, and we can often see this development in the history of mathematics itself. Understanding mathematics in this way empowers each of us to construct mathematics for ourselves. The paper attached below elaborates on this perspective.
tme_2015.pdf |