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Mathematics for Engineering and Engineering for Mathematics

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The Spanish Committee for Mathematics (CEMat) and its Committee for Education decided to participate at this International ICMI Study 20 with a report about the current situation and perspectives of the educational relations and connections between mathematics and industry in Spain.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, Institut Vallès, 08206, Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain

    Miquel Albertí Palmer

  2. Department de Matemática Aplicada y Estadística, University of Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain

    Sergio Amat & Sonia Busquier

  3. Department de Astronomía y Geodesia, University of Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Pilar Romero

  4. Department de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, University of Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Juan Tejada

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  1. Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marn, Créteil Cedex, Val-de-Marne, France

    Alain Damlamian

  2. Universidade de Lisboa/CMAF-FCUL, Lisboa, Portugal

    José Francisco Rodrigues

  3. Inst. Didaktik der Mathematik, Universität Gießen FB 12 Mathematik, Gießen, Germany

    Rudolf Sträßer

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Albertí Palmer, M., Amat, S., Busquier, S., Romero, P., Tejada, J. (2013). Mathematics for Engineering and Engineering for Mathematics. In: Damlamian, A., Rodrigues, J., Sträßer, R. (eds) Educational Interfaces between Mathematics and Industry. New ICMI Study Series, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02270-3_17

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