Abstract

This paper discusses some of the philosophical and historical underpinnings of the talk “The Mathieu Functions: Computational and Historical Perspectives” given at the Maple Conference 2022. I also comment on the role Problem Solving Environments (PSEs) play in curating the computational knowledge of the 19th century, which is so necessary for us to think of special functions as answers rather than questions.

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