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  1. African men 2 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/African_men_2/

    7 Mar 2023: Contribution to the research on the foundations and the history of logical and mathematical thought in West Africa].

  2. Henry Ernest Dudeney (1857 - 1930) - Biography - MacTutor History of …

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

    25 Apr 2024: As he pointed out:-. The history of mathematical puzzles entails nothing short of the actual story of the beginnings and development of exact thinking in man. ... Certainly, as he realised in reading about the history of mathematics, its development is

  3. Herstein: Preface to "Topics in algebra" - MacTutor History

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

    7 Mar 2023: In 1964 Israel Nathan Herstein had his classic text Topics in algebra published by Blaisdell Publishing Co. ... Topics that a few years ago were considered proper subject matter for semi-advanced graduate courses in algebra have filtered down to, and are

  4. William Feller (1906 - 1970) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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    25 Apr 2024: E Pitcher, Mathematical Reviews, in E Pitcher (ed.), A History of the Second Fifty Years. ... D Zubrinic, William Feller (1906-1970), History of Croatian Science, 20th-21st centuries, Croatian History (1995).

  5. Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852 - 1939) - Biography - MacTutor History

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

    12 Apr 2024: Another research interest of Lindemann was the history of mathematics. He also undertook, in collaboration with his wife, translating work. ... Bulletin of the Indian Society for the History of Mathematics 4 (3-4) (1982), 102-108.

  6. Edmond Laguerre (1834 - 1886) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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    11 Apr 2024: Born. 9 April 1834. Died. 14 August 1886. Bar-le-Duc, France. Summary. Edmond Laguerre studied approximation methods and is best remembered for the special functions: the Laguerre polynomials. . View two larger pictures. Edmond Laguerre had poor

  7. African men 1 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/African_men_1/

    10 Jul 2023: Thesis title: Some topics in the theory of non-linear differential equations of the third order. ... I am particularly active in the history of Arabic mathematics and the history of mathematics teaching in Arabic/Islamic countries.

  8. Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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    25 Mar 2024: C B Boyer, The Age of Euler, in A History of Mathematics (1968). ... E Knobloch, Leibniz and Euler : problems and solutions concerning infinitesimal geometry and calculus, Conference on the History of Mathematics (Rende, 1991), 293-313.

  9. Kurt Gödel (1906 - 1978) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    11 Apr 2024: Mathematics and languages ranked well above literature and history. At the time it was rumoured that in the whole of his time at High School not only was his work in

  10. Hugo Steinhaus (1887 - 1972) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    23 Apr 2024: The editorial policy was:-. to focus on research in functional analysis and related topics.