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11. Chronology for 1500 - 1600 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Chronology/8/

    7 Mar 2023: See this History Topic.). Hudalrichus Regius finds the fifth perfect number.

12. Mayan mathematics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Mayan_mathematics/

    7 Mar 2023: G Ifrah, A universal history of numbers : From prehistory to the invention of the computer (London, 1998). ... J E S Thompson, Maya arithmetic, in Contributions to American Anthropology and History no.

13. Thomas Muir (1844 - 1934) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Muir/

    16 Feb 2024: In 1930, at the age of 86, Muir published Contributions to the history of determinants. ... It is worth thinking exactly what Muir was attempting here. Can you imagine setting out to write today (in 2003) the history of a mathematical topic from 1993 to

14. CMCPaperGpsGalwayStAndrewsconf PDF (813k)

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Publications/cmcpaper.pdf

    4 Mar 2021: The Departments in Cork and Galway undertook to arrange conferences in History of Mathematics and Group Theory, respectively, in 1978. ... The topic will be in the area of the history of Mathematics.

15. Chronology for 500 BC - 1 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Chronology/2/

    7 Mar 2023: Eudemus of Rhodes writes the History of Geometry. ... See this History Topic.). Date of earliest Chinese document Suanshu shu (A Book on Arithmetic).

16. Groups in Galway - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Groups_Galway_hist/

    7 Mar 2023: The Departments in Cork and Galway undertook to arrange conferences in History of Mathematics and Group Theory, respectively, in 1978. ... The topic will be in the area of the history of Mathematics.

17. Zero - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Zero/

    18 Jan 2024: J., 1999). G Ifrah, From one to zero : A universal history of numbers (New York, 1987). ... A History topic on Mayan mathematics.

18. Conclusions - Indian Mathematics - Redressing the balance - Projects…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Projects/Pearce/chapter-20/

    7 Mar 2023: Discussing my first 'question' is less easy, as within the history of mathematics we find a variety of 'stances'. ... The last word on the history of ancient civilisation will never be said.

19. James Cockle (1819 - 1895) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Cockle/

    25 Sep 2023: Died. 27 January 1895. Bayswater, London, England. Summary. James Cockle was an English lawyer and mathematician who wrote papers on both pure and applied mathematics, as well as on the history ... He wrote papers on both pure and applied mathematics, as

20. Chronology for 1 - 500 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Chronology/3/

    7 Mar 2023: Nicomachus of Gerasa writes Arithmetike eisagoge (Introduction to Arithmetic) which is the first work to treat arithmetic as a separate topic from geometry.