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Learning Geometry in Georgian England

The copybooks of two young men reveal very different purposes in learning geometry.

Square

The square of a certain number multiplied by itself and by 200 is 446,976. What is the number?

A Locally Compact REU in the History of Mathematics: Involving Undergraduates in Research

A description of a Research Experience for Undergraduates conducted in 2007 at Hood College.

Abel's Proof

A discussion of the meaning of mathematical unsolvability in the context of the history of Abel's proof of the unsolvability of the quintic equation in terms of radicals.

Water Tank Minimization

A copper water tank in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped is to made. If its length is to be a times its breadth, how high should it be that for a given capacity it should cost as little as possible?

Brazen Lion

I am a brazen lion; my spouts are my 2 eyes, my mouth, and the flat of my foot. My right eye fills a jar in 2 days, my left eye in 3, and my foot in 4.

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