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HOM SIGMAA 2009 Award Winners

These are the winning entries from the annual History of Mathematics SIGMAA Student Paper Contest.

Apples and Oranges and Peaches

If 40 oranges are worth 60 apples, and 75 apples are worth 7 dozen peaches, and 100 peaches are worth 1 box of grapes and three boxes of grapes are worth 40 pounds of pecans, how many pounds of pecans can be bought for 100 oranges?

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.

Karen Dee Michalowicz
We sadly announce the untimely death of one of Convergence's editorial board members.
The Incircle of a Triangle

The incircle O(r) of triangle ABC touches AB at D, BC at E and AC at F. Find r in terms of AD, BE and CF.
 

HOM SIGMAA 2010 Student Paper Contest Winners

Download the three winning essays to learn about medieval Islamic dust boards, Old Babylonian similarity, and the Fermat Problem.

Investing in Apples and Pears

A merchant woman buys and sells apples and pears. How much did she invest in apples; how much in pears?

Swinging Pendulum

Given a pendulum as shown. The height of the pendulum is two units and its horizontal width is 2 units. What is the area of the pendulum?

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