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Three Numbers in France

I wish to find three numbers of such nature that the first and the second with 1/2 of the third makes 20...

Viete: Triangle

In a right triangle, let the perpendicular be 5 and the sum of the base and hypotenuse 25. Find the lengths of the base and hypotenuse

Algebraic Formalism within the Works of Servois and Its Influence on the Development of Linear Operator Theory
How Servois' failed attempt to construct a foundation for the calculus nonetheless helped shape modern mathematics
Everything and More

A survey of concepts of infinite sets over the centuries.

Jacob Bernoulli's Ars Conjectandi
Title page of Jacob Bernoulli's Ars Conjectandi (The Art of Conjecturing), published posthumously in 1713 by his nephew Nicolaus I Bernoulli. The Ars Conjectandi is famous for Bernoulli's statement of a general rule for summing integral powers as well as for the first statement and proof of the Law of Large Numbers.
The Saga of Mathematics

A brief history of mathematics aimed at college students with little technical knowledge of mathematics.

Calculus Gems: Brief Lives and Memorable Moments

A collection of short biographical sketches of people involved in the development of calculus, as well as brief descriptions of important events in that development.

Famous Problems and Their Mathematicians
This resource consists of a series of 61 worksheets, each focused on a particular problem and related to a particular historical mathematical personality.
Who Is Tartaglia Really?

In many sources, we see that Tartaglia has the surname Fontana. According to the author of this article, the co-discoverer of the cubic formula did not ever use that name.

Negative Math

The story of the negative numbers

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