Although much scholarship on nineteenth and twentieth century mathematics has focused on processes of professionalization, historical mathematicians themselves rarely experienced their lives as neatly divisible into the professional and the private. Taking marriage as a focal point, this introduction brings the fruitful historiography of gender, collaborative couples, and domesticity in science into a broader conversation with the history of mathematics. By historicizing marriage and its relationship to mathematical careers, we lay the groundwork for the special issue which uncovers the myriad ways in which spousal collaboration and support have been central to mathematical work.

尽管关于 19 世纪和 20 世纪数学的许多学术研究都集中在专业化的过程上，但历史数学家自己很少经历过他们的生活被整齐地分为专业和私人的。本导论以婚姻为焦点，将科学领域关于性别、合作夫妻和家庭生活的富有成效的史学带入与数学史的更广泛对话中。通过历史化婚姻及其与数学职业的关系，我们为该特刊奠定了基础，该特刊揭示了配偶合作和支持对数学工作至关重要的多种方式。