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41. Ten classics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: show). J-C Martzloff, A history of Chinese mathematics (Berlin-Heidelberg, 1997). J-C Martzloff, Histoire des mathématiques chinoises (Paris, 1987). ... Tenth Internat. Conf. History of Science, 1962 (Paris, 1964), 489-492. Written by J J O'Connor and E

42. Ludwig Schlesinger (1864 - 1933) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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    1 Jun 2023: Another of Schlesinger's interests was the history of mathematics and he made a number of important contributions to this topic. ... B Szénássy, History of Mathematics in Hungary until the 20th Century (Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 1992).

43. Quadratic etc equations - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    18 Jan 2024: R Franci and T Rigatelli, Towards a history of algebra from Leonardo of Pisa to Luca Pacioli, Janus 72 (1985), 17-85.

44. Chronology for 1810 - 1820 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Chronology/19/

    7 Mar 2023: Gergonne publishes the first volume of his new mathematics journal Annales de mathématique pures et appliquées which became known as Annales de Gergonne. Poisson publishes Traité de mécanique (Treatise on Mechanics). It includes Poisson's work

45. Menger on the Calculus of Variations - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: This interesting article, written by an outstanding mathematician and expert in the field, gives insights into both the history of the topic and also into understanding Menger's views on mathematics:-. ... Real mathematicians do not worry too much about

46. Julio Rey Pastor (1888 - 1962) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Nov 2023: Furthermore, his teaching opened the doors to the study of the history of science and laid the foundations for generations of secondary school teachers with his influential textbooks. ... The history of mathematics had always interested Rey Pastor and

47. Indian numerals - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    10 Jul 2023: In particular his account of Indian astronomy and mathematics is a valuable contribution to the study of the history of Indian science. ... show). G Ifrah, A universal history of numbers : From prehistory to the invention of the computer (London, 1998).

48. Chronology for 1870 - 1880 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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    7 Mar 2023: Benjamin Peirce publishes Linear Associative Algebras at his own expense. Betti publishes a memoir on topology which contains the "Betti numbers". Dedekind publishes his formal construction of real numbers and gives a rigorous definition of an

49. Chinese overview - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: Y Li, Materials for the Study of the History of Ancient Chinese Mathematics (Chinese) (Shanghai, 1963). ... J Needham, Science and Civilisation in China 3 (Cambridge, 1959). B Qian, History of Chinese mathematics (Chinese) (Peking, 1981).

50. Alex Craik (1938 - 2019) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    11 Jan 2024: in the history of mathematics, particularly Scottish mathematics, and wrote over 30 historical works. . ... Beginning in the 1980s Alex Craik, George Phillips and myself [EFR] began teaching an undergraduate module on the History of Mathematics.