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My PhD dissertation pertains to instruments described in Latin texts between the 13th to the 16th century on the topic of eclipse computations. The goal of this research is to think about the notion of instrumented calculation in mathematical disciplines of the quadrivium, and to present a material history of ancient mathematical practices. For this, I am supervised by Agathe Keller in the Sphere laboratory as well as by Matthieu Husson in the Observatoire de Paris.

My Master's thesis, written under the supervision of Matthieu Husson and Sara Confalonieri, pertains to the "Tables of King Alfonso"'s printed editions. These tables were, especially after the 14th century, the main tool Latin-speaking astronomers and astrologers could use to compute planetary positions. My research mainly consisted in showing that people who contributed to the printing of these "Tables of King Alfonso" in Latin did so in a particular economical, political and scientific contexte which lead them to adopt a specific interpretation of the coherence of texts and tables assembled under this title.

Bachelor degree in mathematics (2018–2021)

Bachelor degree in compute sciences (second year) (2015–2018)

In an article published in 1998, Emmanuel Poulle and Denis Savoie showed that, untill the 17th century, almanacs and ephemerides printed in Latin were computing using parameters matching those found in the "Alfonsine Tables". These tables, copied in a (very) large number of manuscripts during the 14th century, were first pritned in Venice in 1483 by Erhard Ratdolt. In the following decades, three other printers chose to produce their own editions of the "Tables of King Alfonso" in the Republic: Johannes Hamman in 1492, Petrus Liechtenstein in 1518, and Luc'antonio Giunta in 1524. In this chapter, I study the editorial choices made in each of these four endeavrs. For each of them, I first try to identify which tables and which texts were included in the books. I then look at the typographical and paratextual features employed by the printer to tie these materials together. Finally, I analyse how these different elements are ordered in the bound books. All of this allows me to show an evolution in how actors and actresses who participated to these editions understood the core principles of "Alfonsine Astronomy" between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century.

This monthly seminar, which I organise with Agathe Keller since 2023, is articulated around the presentation of a primary sources and of the problems it creates, followed by a reading of this source, edited and translated. One session usually lasts up to 3h, directed by confirmed researchers, PhD students, or even Master's students. The language is generaly English, sometimes French.

Les journées jeunes chercheurs et chercheuses du réseau thématique HiDiM (Histoire et Didactique des Mathématiques) accueillent des contributions de toutes personnes en thèse (dès la première année) ou ayant récemment soutenu leur thèse, dans les domaines de l'histoire ou de la didactique des mathématiques. Ces journées se tiendront à Paris les 30 et 31 mars, suivies par des journées plénières les 31 mars et 1 avril.

À compléter

Cette séance est organisée en collaboration avec Agathe Keller, Thomas Berthaud et Simon Gentil

• (2025–2026, 2×3h CM, M1, SB) Introduction à lʼhistoire des mathématiques

  These two sessions of introduction to the history of mathematics were part of a larger class for the first year of the master's program. The first of the two took dealt with a controversy around the interpretation of Old Babylonian tablets, and used this as an opportunity to present the problems related to the edition of the texts, and the importance of archaeological contexts to understand the mathematical content of the text. The following session took this as a starting point to explore further the reconstitution of mathematical practices from texts in Chinese and in Sanskrit.

• (2024–2025, 7×3h CM, M2, SC) Histoire des mathématiques

  This whole semester class dealt with the History of Algebra. I was in charge for the first half of the semester, which dealt with everything from Antiquity until the Modern Period (c. 17th century). My part of the class was organised around the reading of sources in their original language (Akkadian, Chinese, Sansirkt, Arabic, Latin, French and German). These texts were selected as an opportunity to talk about issues of method, regarding how to deal with the archaeological context of the sources, the stakes related to the methods of edition, the way texts are read, and so on.

This session was part of a larger class dedicated to the topic of "Numbers and Magnitudes". The goal for this session was to show how sources related to the History of Astronomy could be used to study such a theme. I composed the lesson around a collection of documents from different periods and in different languages, which constituded multiple case studies. Students could then choose to write their final essay on an article which allowed them to dive deeper into one of the topics explored in the class.

• (2025–2026, 1×3h CM, M1, SA) History of mathematics in South Asia

  I made this session in coordination with Haolin Wang 王浩霖 and Taro Tokutake 徳武 太郎. We presented an overview of multiple mathematical problems dealt in Sanskrit texts.

• (2024–2025, 1×3h CM, M1, SA) Sciences in Mesopotamia

  This class, made with Adeline Reynaud, was a general introduction to the history of sciences in the Ancient Middle East. It was composed around four themes: divination, medicine, mathematics and astronomy. These were used as case studies to explore the broader methodological question of characterising the role of "sciences" in ancient sources.