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A survey of over two thousand years of the history of mathematics on the Indian subcontinent.

If an arc of 45 degrees on one circumference is equal to an arc of 60 degrees on another circle, what is the ratio of the areas of the circles?

Cherry Blossom Poetry

On a day in spring a boy has gathered cherry blossoms under a cherry tree. Nearby a poet is reading some of his poems aloud. As he reads, the boy counts out the cherry blossoms, one blossom for each word of a poem.

Division Problem

The number 50 is divided by a certain number. If the divisor is increased by 3, the quotient decreases by 3.75. What is the number?

King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the Man Who Saved Geometry

A biography of the geometer Donald Coxeter.

The Sum of Its Parts

One says that 10 is divided into three parts and if the small part is multiplied by itself and added to the middle one multiplied by itself the result is the large one multiplied by itself...

Loaf of Bread

In baking a hemispherical loaf of bread of 10" radius, the crust was everywhere of an equal thickness, and the solidity of the crust was equal to half the solid content of the whole loaf. What were the dimensions of the interior soft part?

Discovering the Beauty of Science

A math history class visits the 'Beautiful Science' exhibit at the Huntington Library in Southern California.

Deer in the City

Now there are 100 deer [being distributed] in a city. If one household has one deer there is a remainder...Find the number of households in the city.

Maxes and Mins

Determine the different values of x, when a certain function hits a minimum.