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This work deals with the didactical use of geometrical-mechanical artefacts to acquire tangent concept in vygotskian perspective. We adopt Rabardel’s theory on instrumental approach to distinguish artefacts and instruments specially to... more
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      Mathematics EducationTeaching Geometry
In this work we will introduce two mathematical machines (originally invented by the authors) that can be useful in class during laboratorial activities. We decided to introduce them together because they appeared us complementary about... more
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      Mathematics EducationTeaching Geometry
Ne "La Géométrie" del 1637 Descartes ha trovato un equilibrio tra costruzioni geometriche e manipolazione simbolica grazie all'introduzione di opportune macchine idealizzate. In particolare gli strumenti del metodo cartesiano erano... more
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In La Géométrie, Descartes proposed a “balance” between geometric constructions and symbolic manipulation with the introduction of suitable ideal machines. In particular, Cartesian tools were polynomial algebra (analysis) and a class of... more
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Nel XVII sec. le curve erano pensate come luoghi tracciati da opportune macchine matematiche. Soprattutto nel periodo tra il 1650 e il 1750, il problema di estendere la geometria oltre i limiti algebrici divenne dominante, a causa del... more
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Descartes proposed a balance between geometric constructions and symbolic manipulation with the introduction of suitable ideal machines. In particular Cartesian tools were polynomial algebra (analysis) and a class of diagrammatic... more
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Since its birth, calculus required infinity. Here I propose the possibility of a mathematical approach to this topic will less cognitive requirements, thanks to the exhuming of a suitable geometric interpretation. In 17th century curves... more
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Dopo la generale accettazione da parte dei matematici de La Géométrie di Descartes, nel XVII sec. la concezione e talvolta la realizzazione concreta di macchine per tracciare curve continua il suo ruolo fondazionale per le curve al di là... more
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After a brief historical introduction of geometric constructions of transcendental curves, we present a new ideal machine that constructs both the tractrix and the logarithmic curve by virtue of the same motion.
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In this paper we consider some planar machines for the rectification of circular arcs. Specifically, we will consider a linkage machine approximating the solution and a machine for the exact solution involving a non-holonomic constraint... more
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