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22. September 2025

Henning Heller receives the Montucla Prize Henning Heller receives the Montucla Prize

Henning Heller, postdoctoral researcher at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn and associate member of the Hausdorff Center for Mathematikcs, receives the prestigious Montucla Prize from the International Commission for the History of Mathematics (ICHM) 2025. The ICHM is composed of representatives from around 55 nations in which the history of mathematics is taught and/or actively researched. The Montucla Prize is awarded every four years to the author of the best article by a early career scholar published in Historia Mathematica in the four years preceding the International Congress of History of Science and Technology.

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One aspect of new developments in modern mathematics that is sometimes overlooked is the manner in which the ideas become incorporated into the mainstream of university teaching. In his article “Felix Klein's teaching of Galois theory” (Historia Mathematica, vol. 63 (2023), 21-46), Henning Heller recounts the path by which Klein introduced the topic at Göttingen. Henning Heller identifies three interconnected aspects of Klein's 1886 lecture course on algebra: organziational, historical, and didactical. The laudatory speech states: "Heller’s study is impressive not only because of his thorough familiarity with the primary literature, but also because of his sound interpretations and the clear presentation of his ideas". (more here)

Henning Heller has been a postdoctoral researcher in the Mathematics Education Group at the University of Bonn (headed by Rainer Kaenders) since 2023. He received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Vienna with a thesis entitled “Integrating history and philosophy of mathematics: The case of modern algebra” under the supervision of Georg Schiemer.