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Using Problems from the History of Mathematics

Why should we use historical problems in today's classroom? This article answers that question and serves as an introduction to the problems on this website.

Enrichment: The Use of Original Sources

A report on an Australian teacher's use of material from the Rhind Papyrus.

John Napier: His Life, His Logs, and His Bones

A brief introduction to the life of John Napier, along with an animation of calculations using Napier's bones.

'He Advanced Him 200 Lambs of Gold': The Pamiers Manuscript

Problems from a 15th-century French manuscript, including one with negative solutions.

Archimedes' Method for Computing Areas and Volumes-Introduction

Archimedes' use of the law of the lever to compute areas and volumes in The Method is discussed. Classroom ready examples are presented.

Niccolo Tartaglia's General Trattato di Numeri et Misure

Here is the title page of part I of the General Trattato di Numeri (General Treatise on Number and Measure) (1556) of Niccolo Tartaglia (1500-1557). This is an extensive work on elementary mathematics that was popular in Italy for several decades after its publication.

Great Moments in Mathematics Before 1650

A collection of short lectures by Howard Eves giving details on 20 important happenings in the history of mathematics before 1650.

Apollonius's Ellipse and Evolute Revisited

Apollonius found how to draw normals to an ellipse from points in the ellipse by using hyperbolas. A modern version is presented here.

Euler's Analysis of the Genoese Lottery

In the middle of the 18th century, King Frederick the Great of Prussia became interested in creating a lottery to raise money. As was his custom when mathematical matters were involved, he called upon Leonhard Euler for counsel.

Gardening

An oblong garden is a half yard longer than it is wide and consists entirely of a gravel walk...