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HOM SIGMAA 2011 Student Paper Contest Winners

Download the three winning essays to learn about Kepler's mathematical astronomy, the roots of modern algebra, and the Quadrivium of Isidore of Seville.

A Room with a View

Find the height of a window.

The Treviso Arithmetic
The earliest known example of a printed book on arithmetic, dates to 1478. Also known as the Art of Calculation.
Number from Ahmes to Cantor

A lively history of number systems and number theory from earliest times up to the notion of "infinity".

Mathematics: Powerful Patterns in Nature and Society
The work of ten scientists who thought deeply about patterns.
Proportionality in Similar Triangles: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

A comparison of the Greek and Chinese approach to the idea of similarity.

A Plague of Ratios

The story of Nicolaus Mercator, music, and logarithms.

Under Siege

One hundred men besieged in a castle, have sufficient food to allow each one bread to the weight of 14 lot a day for ten months.

Who's That Mathematician? Images from the Paul R. Halmos Photograph Collection
Page 10: Courant through D'Ambrosio
From Calculus to Computers

A collection of articles on using the history of mathematics of the past 200 years in the undergraduate classroom.

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