Gérard Vergnaud worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists Gérard Vergnaud as French mathematician (1933–2021).
Gérard Vergnaud was born at Doué-la-Fontaine in 1933. His recorded nationality is France. He studied at HEC Paris and University of Geneva.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at National Center for Scientific Research.
The recorded fields of work are didactics of mathematics, cognitive psychology and didactic method.
A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
That the work was done from France matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Gérard Vergnaud died in 2021, aged 88. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at National Center for Scientific Research
- Fields: didactics of mathematics, cognitive psychology and didactic method
