Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint
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In 1908, the German mathematician and mathematics educator Felix Klein published a series of three books (in German) under the title of Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint, henceforth called EMAS for short. The first volume was subtitled Arithmetic, Algebra, Analysis, and the second volume was subtitled Geometry. Both of these volumes were translated into English in the1930s, and they have been popular with English-speaking mathematicians and students ever since. It is a tribute to Klein’s influence, and foresight, that his “standpoint” remains clearly comprehensible to mathematicians today, though of course our “standpoint” is somewhat different. One of the goals of this article is to compare Klein’s view of elementary mathematics with the views of mathematicians today.
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