L'histoire standard de la géométrie projective souligne l'opposition au 19e siècle entre méthodes analytiques et synthétiques. Nous nous interrogeons sur la manière dont les géomètres du 19e siècle ont vraiment opéré ou non des distinctions entre leurs méthodes et dans quelle mesure cette géométrie était "moderne'' comme le clamaient ses praticiens, et plus tard leurs historiens. Poncelet insistait sur le rôle central de la figure, qui selon lui pourrait être obscurci par les calculs de l'algèbre. Nous étudions son argument en action dans des problèmes de construction résolus par plusieurs auteurs différents -comme la construction d'une courbe du second ordre ayant un contact d'ordre trois avec une courbe plane donnée, dont cinq solutions paraissent entre 1817 et 1826. Nous montrons que l'attention visuelle est au coeur de la résolution, indépendamment de la méthode suivie, qu'elle n'est pas réservée aux figures, et que les débats sont aussi un moyen de signaler de nouvelles zones de recherche à un public en formation. Nous approfondissons ensuite la réception des techniques nouvelles et l'usage des figures dans les travaux de deux mathématiciens décrits d'ordinaire comme opposés, l'un algébriste, Plücker, et l'autre défendant l'approche synthétique, Steiner. Nous examinons enfin les affirmations de modernité dans les manuels français de géométrie publiés pendant le premier tiers du dix-neuvième siècle. Tant Gergonne et Plücker que Steiner ont développé des formes de géométrie qui ne se pliaient pas en fait à une caractérisation dichotomique, mais répondaient de manière spécifique aux pratiques mathématiques et aux modes d'interaction de leur temps. / The standard history of nineteenth century geometry began with Jean Victor Poncelet's contributions which then spread to Germany alongside an opposition between Julius Plücker, an analytic geometer, and Jakob Steiner, a synthetic geometer. Our questions centre on how geometers distinguished methods, when opposition arose, in what ways geometry disseminated from Poncelet to Plücker and Steiner, and whether this geometry was "modern'' as claimed.We first examine Poncelet's argument that within pure geometry the figure was never lost from view, while it could be obscured by the calculations of algebra. Our case study reveals visual attention within constructive problem solving, regardless of method. Further, geometers manipulated and represented figures through textual descriptions and coordinate equations. We also consider the debates involved as a medium for communicating geometry in which Poncelet and Gergonne in particular developed strategies for introducing new geometry to a conservative audience. We then turn to Plücker and Steiner. Through comparing their common research, we find that Plücker practiced a "pure analytic geometry'' that avoided calculation, while Steiner admired "synthetic geometry'' because of its organic unity. These qualities contradict usual descriptions of analytic geometry as computational or synthetic geometry as ad-hoc.Finally, we study contemporary French books on geometry and show that their methodological divide was grounded in student prerequisites, where "modern'' implied the use of algebra. By contrast, research publications exhibited evolving forms of geometry that evaded dichotomous categorization.The standard history of nineteenth century geometry began with Jean Victor Poncelet's contributions which then spread to Germany alongside an opposition between Julius Plücker, an analytic geometer, and Jakob Steiner, a synthetic geometer. Our questions centre on how geometers distinguished methods, when opposition arose, in what ways geometry disseminated from Poncelet to Plücker and Steiner, and whether this geometry was "modern'' as claimed.We first examine Poncelet's argument that within pure geometry the figure was never lost from view, while it could be obscured by the calculations of algebra. Our case study reveals visual attention within constructive problem solving, regardless of method. Further, geometers manipulated and represented figures through textual descriptions and coordinate equations. We also consider the debates involved as a medium for communicating geometry in which Poncelet and Gergonne in particular developed strategies for introducing new geometry to a conservative audience. We then turn to Plücker and Steiner. Through comparing their common research, we find that Plücker practiced a "pure analytic geometry'' that avoided calculation, while Steiner admired "synthetic geometry'' because of its organic unity. These qualities contradict usual descriptions of analytic geometry as computational or synthetic geometry as ad-hoc.Finally, we study contemporary French books on geometry and show that their methodological divide was grounded in student prerequisites, where "modern'' implied the use of algebra. By contrast, research publications exhibited evolving forms of geometry that evaded dichotomous categorization.

This thesis aims to show that the notable points of the triangles are not limited to Incentro, circumcenter, Baricentro and Orthocenter which are the best known. In fact, the Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers (ETC), see [5], features over five thousand notable points. Are points with several interesting properties as we will see throughout this work. In addition to the points already mentioned will also present the points of Feuerbach, the Lemoine point, the point Gergonne, the Nagel point, the Spieker point and the points of Fermat. Will be also presented some important theorems, among them we highlight the Ceva theorem that will be used to prove the existence of several points mentioned. We realize that it is a matter of understanding that can be easily inserted into the basic education. / A presente dissertação tem como objetivo mostrar que os pontos notáveis dos triângulos não se resumem ao Incentro, Circuncentro, Baricentro e ao Ortocentro que são os mais conhecidos. Na verdade, a Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers (ETC), ver [5], apresenta mais de cinco mil pontos notáveis. São pontos com várias propriedades interessantes como veremos ao longo deste trabalho. Além dos pontos já citados apresentaremos também os pontos de Feuerbach, o ponto de Lemoine, o ponto de Gergonne, o ponto de Nagel, o ponto de Spieker e os pontos de Fermat. Serão apresentados também alguns teoremas importantes, entre eles podemos destacar o Teorema de Ceva que será usado para provar a existência de vários pontos citados. Podemos perceber que é um assunto de fácil compreensão que pode ser inserido no ensino básico.

In this thesis I present new insights into aspects of Peter Guthrie Tait's life and work, derived principally from largely-unexplored primary source material: Tait's scrapbook, the Tait–Maxwell school-book and Tait's pocket notebook. By way of associated historical insights, I also come to discuss the innovative and far-reaching mathematics of the elusive Frenchman, C.-V. Mourey. P. G. Tait (1831–1901) F.R.S.E., Professor of Mathematics at the Queen's College, Belfast (1854–1860) and of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (1860–1901), was one of the leading physicists and mathematicians in Europe in the nineteenth century. His expertise encompassed the breadth of physical science and mathematics. However, since the nineteenth century he has been unfortunately overlooked—overshadowed, perhaps, by the brilliance of his personal friends, James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865) and William Thomson (1824–1907), later Lord Kelvin. Here I present the results of extensive research into the Tait family history. I explore the spiritual aspect of Tait's life in connection with The Unseen Universe (1875) which Tait co-authored with Balfour Stewart (1828–1887). I also reveal Tait's surprising involvement in statistics and give an account of his introduction to complex numbers, as a schoolboy at the Edinburgh Academy. A highlight of the thesis is a re-evaluation of C.-V. Mourey's 1828 work, La Vraie Théorie des quantités négatives et des quantités prétendues imaginaires, which I consider from the perspective of algebraic reform. The thesis also contains: (i) a transcription of an unpublished paper by Hamilton on the fundamental theorem of algebra which was inspired by Mourey and (ii) new biographical information on Mourey.