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R. L. Goodstein and the Mathematical Association
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 January 2015
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The Mathematical Association was established in 1871 as the Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching (AIGT). Gradually through the nineteenth century, the AIGT broadened its range of mathematical concerns beyond those of an essentially anti-Euclid pressure group. Its forms of professional support developed to include meetings, presentation of papers and publications, and its own journal, The Mathematical Gazette, was launched in 1894 [1]. By this time the AIGT had also started to build a small collection of books and periodicals, which was initially boosted by the donation of mainly geometrical texts from its first President, T. A. Hirst (1830-1892). By 1897 the AIGTcouid comfortably change its name to the Mathematical Association (MA), advertised as ‘an association of teachers and students of elementary mathematics’ [2].
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