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Two men brought their fish through customs. Find how much the fish cost, and what is the customs fee.

Determine a number having remainders 2, 3, and 2 when divided by 3, 5, and 7 respectively.

Given a right triangle where you know the length of the base and the sum of the perpendicular side and the hypotenuse...

An extension of Al-Karaji's formula for the sum of the cubes by a 19th century Turkish author and journal editor

A brief version of the author's well-known history of mathematics text.

On Triangles, by Regiomontanus (Johannes M�ller) (1436-1476), written in 1464 but not published until 1533.

Two posters illustrating the major milestones in the history of mathematics, from the first ideas of "number" to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

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

The story of Nicolaus Mercator, music, and logarithms.

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.

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