Norbert Verdier
21 articles published in Tangente
Math for everyoneN°199Apr 16, 2021Mapping with Khartis
Most data visualizations in the press are created with this open-source software, developed since 1995 by the mapping workshop at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po").
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Math for everyoneN°193Mar 19, 2020How Europe made Arabic mathematics its own
With a passion for mathematics and history, Marc Moyon studies how scientific knowledge and practices travelled from the Greco-Roman world and the lands of Islam to Europe. A skilled translator of mathematical texts, he shares his experience with us.
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Reading noteN°73Jan 15, 2020What was applied mathematics—and what is it today?
In 1867, Hippolyte Sonnet (1802–1879), professor of analysis and mechanics at the École centrale des arts et manufactures, published his Dictionnaire des mathématiques appliquées.
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KnowledgeN°73Jan 15, 2020The mathematics of 5G
Large companies are beginning to understand that they cannot survive in the long term without funding fundamental research. A career as a mathematician in the private sector is therefore possible, provided you have some understanding of technological challenges.
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InterviewN°70Apr 11, 2019Darboux, who expanded the study of surfaces
The Institut Henri Poincaré hosted an exhibition entitled "The Depth of Surfaces," devoted to the mathematician Gaston Darboux. Its scientific curator was Barnabé Croizat, a specialist in this great French geometer.
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History and CultureN°171Jul 07, 2016At last, a plaque in memory of Galois!
Passersby on the rue des Bernardins will now be able to pause and wonder at this plaque, which was missing from the capital.
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History and CultureN°170May 13, 2016A walk through Porto: in the footsteps of Gomes Teixeira
When we think of Porto, we think of its wine, its river and bridges, or the much-missed filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira. We never think of its mathematician, Francisco Gomes Teixeira Costa! Let's revisit the Portuguese city by following in his footsteps.
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History and CultureN°170May 10, 2016On the trail of a forgotten book
The Éléments de trigonométrie rectiligne (Elements of Rectilinear Trigonometry), written by a mysterious F.J., were found in the trash of a religious institution in Damascus in the early 1990s.
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Math for everyoneN°170May 10, 2016Algorithms for computing the GCD
The algorithm for computing the GCD dates back at least to Euclid. It was subsequently refined over the centuries.
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