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Explore the origins of philosophy in The Great Chain of Being.
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Help students learn math. Unifix, Color Tiles, Geoboards, and more.
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Links to Math classroom posters for motivation and helpful reminders
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Detailed timeline of the development of hypercomplex numbers, from early discoveries of complex numbers to modern developments. Includes links to biographies and complete bibliography.
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A poetic rendition of the key events in the development of the field that have taken place over the years.
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The site gives an idea about what is Vedic Mathematicsa - a long forgotten technique for mathematical calculations! The basic roots of Vedic mathematics lie in Vedas (written around 1500-900 BCE) which are a treasure house of knowledge and human experience-both secular and spiritual.
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A concise and appealing look at the strangest number in the universe. By Charles Seife.
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Discusses the nation's early development of geometric concepts, algorithms, algebraic ideas and the idea of zero. Also, explains how these ideas may have traveled westward after some invasions from Arabic countries in the 13th century.
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Discusses how art and architecture were influenced by mathematical concepts, such as perspective. Includes photo examples.
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Discusses development of integral and derivative calculus from the 17th century. Features contributions by key western mathematicians. Includes examples of selected problems and how they were originally solved in earlier times. Also, covers the historic background to computer algebraic systems.
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Includes conversion tables, historical background and a demonstration on how to express the year 1999 in Roman numerals.
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Front for the Mathematics Arxiv of eprints section HO: biographies, philosophy of mathematics, mathematics education, recreational mathematics, communication of mathematics.
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This Site contains original correspondence, official documents and school reports of the mathematician Evariste Galois. This site provides a platform to translate these documents.
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Descriptions and links relating to various historical problems and topics in mathematics.
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An overview. Includes a chronology of mathematicians and mathematical works, online references and a bibliography
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Discusses the development of numbers, addition tables, exercise problems and solutions for quadratic equations in one of oldest known civilizations.
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An oral history project with supporting on-line documents and links.
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Notes to Dr. Paul E. Dunne's math history lecture, with images.
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Discusses the technological, commercial and political reasons for the increase in mathematical development during this period.
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Includes math examples from the Rhind papyrus and Babylonian tablets. Also, discusses early Egyptian mythology.
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Thanks to new imaging technology, part of the remains of a private library, owned by Roman statesman and Julius Caesar's father-in-law, may now be read. These papers were original discovered in 1752 in the town of Herculaneum.
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Article summarizing and illustrating early methods of counting and representing of numbers.
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Contains HTML versions of some original documents related to the history of calculators.
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Includes history of algebra trigonometry, numerical mathematics, and geometry in this region.
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Covers the early mathematical development in the country, such as the use of geometrical symbols. Includes discussion of influential works of local mathematicians.
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Discusses first known appearances of common expressions, such as operations, variables and trigonometric functions.
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An overview of the subject and a famous 1900 speech describing the main mathematical problems. Includes a chronological list of mathematicians and their work.
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