Turin, 1916, G. Fubini : une expérience de patrimonialisation en théorie des nombres

Abstract

A historical analysis of the course in Advanced Analysis delivered by Guido Fubini at the University of Turin in 1916 which was entirely devoted to number theory opens an intriguing trend of study. The article traces a collective practice of patrimonialization insofar as it analyses how a mathematical community (the Italian School of Algebraic Geometry) linked to a specific place (the University of Turin) organized higher education in a given year (1916), identifying what it judged important to preserve and transmit in relation to a certain disciplinary sector, to the material resources available and to an identity built over the long term.