| Yazarlar (2) |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Semiha Betül TAKICAK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Alp Eden
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Turkey |
| Özet |
| After graduating from the École des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, Aram Margossian (1853-1931) started working as an engineer in the Ottoman Ministry of Public Affairs, where he was later promoted to director of the railway administration. While working in this ministry, he lectured on mathematics and engineering at the Hendese-i Mülkiye, the school of civil engineering in Istanbul, and published books on these topics. In addition to his positions as a civil engineer, bureaucrat, and university teacher, he was also a distinguished amateur mathematician. Margosyan wrote a book on magic squares in French, which became the key to his fame. Part of Margosyan’s book was included in the French version of a book on recreational mathematics. Both books comprise what is known today as the Margossian Method. In his first paper published in the journal Sphinx-Œdipe, Margossian (1912) claimed to have solved an open problem. He also was one of the founders of Sphinx-Œdipe, a French journal of mathematics, at which point he sent two letters to the Journal of Ottoman Society of Engineers and Architects, in which he underlined the fact that he no longer was the director of the Ottoman Railways. The present article analyzes the content of these letters which he’d written after establishing his expertise in mathematics. The letters’ stress on the importance of statistical inference presents a good example of Margosyan’s deep understanding of mathematics. The current article also analyzes his views on the mathematical underpinnings of statistical inference and attempts to understand his rationale for writing these letters. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Aram Margosyan | Euler’s officer problem | History of mathematics | Magic squares | Margossian | Ottoman Empire | Statistical inference | Turkey |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SCOPUS dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari |
| Dergi ISSN | 1303-3123 |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2023 |
| Cilt No | 24 |
| Sayı | 1 |
| Sayfalar | 33 / 65 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.26650/oba.1133163 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| SCOPUS | 2 |
