''Simon Stevin'' was a

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in pure and

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, or ''Wiskunde'' as the field is known in Dutch. Published in

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, edited by

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, it ran for 67 volumes until 1993.''Simon Stevin''
from

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The journal is named after

Simon Stevin Simon Stevin (; 1548–1620), sometimes called Stevinus, was a County_of_Flanders, Flemish mathematician, scientist and music theorist. He made various contributions in many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical. He a ...

(1548–1620), a

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and

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. In 1994, a second series was started from volume 1 under the title ''Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin'', and publishes mainly in English. Volumes of the second series are available from

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Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin
The editor-in-chief i
Stefaan Caenepeel

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