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Ethnomathematics

LC control no.sh 85082181
Topical headingEthnomathematics
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Variant(s)Ethno-mathematics
Indigenous peoples--Mathematics
Mathematics, Primitive
See alsoEthnology
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Mathematics
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Scope noteHere are entered works on the mathematical systems of traditional peoples. Works on the mathematics systems of specific ethnic groups are entered under the name of the group with the subdivision Mathematics, e.g. Aboriginal Australians--Mathematics; Indians of North America--Mathematics.
Found inWork cat.: Ascher, M. Ethnomathematics : a multicultural view of mathematical ideas, 1991.
Not found inAnthro. glossary; Dict. of sci. and tech. terms; Encyc. of math.; Kurian. Gloss. of the third world