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Problems from Another Time

Individual problems from throughout mathematics history, as well as articles that include problem sets for students.

Geometrical Representation of Arithmetic Series – Introduction
... in Sanskrit arithmetic texts.
Geometrical Representation of Arithmetic Series
... in medieval Sanskrit arithmetic texts and your classroom.
Ancient Indian Rope Geometry in the Classroom
Geometry of altar construction in ancient India, with interactive illustrations
D'Alembert, Lagrange, and Reduction of Order
Enrich your classroom with historical approaches to solving ODEs
Problems for Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
Exercises for William Dunham's classic text on its 25th anniversary
Historical Activities for Calculus - Solutions to Exercises
Module 1: Curve Drawing Then and Now Exercise 1.
Historical Activities for Calculus - Module 3: Optimization Problems Then and Now
Five historical maximum and minimum problems
Historical Activities for Calculus - Module 2: Tangent Lines Then and Now
Two thousand years of tangent lines from Apollonius through today
Historical Activities for Calculus - Module 1: Curve Drawing Then and Now
Module 1 introduces historical methods used to draw an ellipse.
Program Correctness
Project to help computer science students understand partial correctness proof by studying the pioneering paper of Robert W. Floyd.

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