title: [Polytechnicians or mathmaticians?].
abstract: The first mathematics research were realized in Brazil by people with polytechnical formation, that means, coming from Polytechnic. This work presents biographical drafts and the main contributions of elevens from these pioneers. The worked in military Schools and Polytechnic. And also in the faculties of philosophy that started to appear in the country since 1930. In these group of eleven mathematicians one can differentiated between the ones who were sympathetic with positivism and the ones who were not.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educaqo da UFES, Rua José Teixeira, 1400/901, Bairro Santa Lucia, 29055-310, Vitória - ES - Brasil. circe@npd.ufes.br
authors.forename: Circe Mary
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008433:Mathematics / Q000266:history*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history; D012106:Research / Q000266:history