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In how many ways can a vowel and a consonant be chosen out of the word "logarithms?"

The Sagacity of Circles: A History of the Isoperimetric Problem

A summary of the history of the problem of finding the region of greatest area bounded by a given perimeter. This essay was a winner of the HOM SIGMAA student essay contest in 2006.

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.

Circular Cone

The frustum of a circular cone has height 15.

Horse of Course

One person possesses 7 asava horses, another 9 haya horses, and another 9 camels. Each gives two animals away, one to each of the others.