You are here

Home » MAA Publications » Periodicals » Convergence » Convergence articles

Convergence articles

Displaying 571 - 580 of 726

The Nodding Sphere and the Bird's Beak: D'Alembert's Dispute with Euler

An introduction to the priority dispute between Euler and D'Alembert relating to several mathematical ideas that both worked on in the 1740s and 1750s.

Agenda items
Here are some things I don't want to forget to ask.
Points in a Semicircle

Given a semicircle, prove that if O is the circle's center, DO=OE.

Long Time to Fill the Tub

A water tub holds 73 gallons; the pipe which fills it usually admits 7 gallons in 5 minutes; and the tap discharges 20 gallons in 17 minutes.

A History of Abstract Algebra
A history of the various algebraic structures that came together to give us "abstract algebra" by early in the twentieth century.
Circumscribed Circle

The radius of a circle is 3.20 meters. Compute to within .001 square meters the areas of the inscribed and circumscribed equilateral triangles.

The Secret Life of Numbers

Short sketches on how mathematicians work and think.

A Successful Businessman

A certain merchant increases the value of his estate by 1/3...

Four Congruent Circles and an Inscribed Square

A set of four congruent circles whose centers form a square is inscribed in a right triangle ABC where C is the right angle and serves as one corner of the square. Find their radius in terms of the sides; a,b,c, of the triangle.

Extracting Square Roots Made Easy: A Little Known Medieval Method
A method for extracting square roots used in Italy through the 18th century was introduced in a manuscript by the 12th century mathematician al-Hassar.

Pages