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ABOUT Website on History of Mathematics
A section of a much larger website, dealing with some random topics in the history of mathematics.
Greenleaf: Triangle Problem

Having been given the lengths, a and b, of two straight lines drawn from the acute angles of a right triangle to the middle of the opposite sides, determine the lengths of those sides.

Georg Cantor at the Dawn of Point-Set Topology
Cantor's work on Fourier series provides historical motivation for the study of point-set topology.
Gauss: Titan of Science

Reprint of a classic biography of Gauss, with a new forward by Jeremy Gray.

The Grounde of Artes by Robert Recorde
Page from the table of contents of Robert Recorde's The Grounde of Artes (1543) in which is outlined the first dialogue. This dialogue deals with some of the elements of arithmetic, including the basic operations and the use of the rule of three (or the Golden rule).
Colorful Characters of Mathematics
Whimsical posters of fifteen mathematicians with brief biographies.
A Circular Problem

Three circles of varying radius are mutually tangent. The area of the triangle connecting their centers is given. Find the radius of the third circle.

Guidelines for Submissions
Guidelines for Submissions
Going Through the Paces

There is a four sided field.

Minimizing Cost

A gentleman has bought a rectangular piece of land whose perimeter is to be 100 rods; and he is to pay 1 dollar for each rod in the length of the land and 3 dollars for each rod in the breath of the land.

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