Twenty centuries of mathematics : digitizing and disseminating the past mathematical literature

• Main Author: Ewing, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Mathematical Society 2002
• Subjects: H. Information sources; supports; channels; F. Management; Ewing; DML
• Online Access: http://eprints.rclis.org/4824/; http://eprints.rclis.org/4824/1/Twenty_centuries.pdf

Reliance on past literature is common to all disciplines, but time scales differ. In some areas of science, literature more than a few years old has value mainly for historical reference. For mathematicians, work from ten, twenty, or even one hundred years ago is relevant and useful in research. Lik...