Revisiting the avant-gardes

Avant Propos

Avant-propos.

Kantorovitch's theorem gives su cient conditions for the convergence of Newton's method. We presenta full formalization of this theorem in the case of a real function. The work is accomplished inside the Coqproof assistant and it is based on the Reals library provided by the theorem prover. For the general case ofthe theorem we rst describe a way to represent concepts from multivari...

reADing the LAte AvAnt- gArDe

Science Avant-Garde

o think that the neoimpressionists are painters who cover canvases with little multicolored spots is a rather widespread mistake, " wrote Paul Signac in his manifesto of their movement. " This mediocre dot method has nothing to do with the aesthetic of the painters we are defending here, nor with the technique of divisionism they use. " Signac was referring to, among others, Georges Seurat, who...

Schumpeter: Theorist of the avant-garde

This paper argues that Schumpeter’s 1911 edition of ‘Theory of Economic Development’ can be fruitfully read as a theory of the avant-garde, in line with such theories developed by artistic avant-garde around the same time, in particular by the Italian Futurists. In particular it will show that both Schumpeter and other avant-garde theorists sought to break with past (1), identify an avant-garde...