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41. - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HMTM/2004/

    7 Mar 2023: László Filep, Third Conference on the History of Mathematics and Teaching of Mathematics. ... Margit Tarcsi, Once Upon a Time. Agnes Tuska, History of Mathematics for Teachers of Upper Grades.

42. Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752 - 1833) - Biography - MacTutor History…

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

    30 Dec 2023: Over the next few years Legendre published work in a number of areas. ... on measurements of the Earth involving a triangulation survey between the Paris and Greenwich observatories.

43. Egyptian numerals - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    18 Jan 2024: show). R Calinger, A conceptual history of mathematics (Upper Straddle River, N. ... J., 1999). G Ifrah, A universal history of numbers : From prehistory to the invention of the computer (London, 1998).

44. Lejeune Dirichlet (1805 - 1859) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: At the Gymnasium he was a model pupil being [1]:-. an unusually attentive and well-behaved pupil who was particularly interested in history as well as mathematics. ... Some work on mechanics later in his career is of quite outstanding importance.

45. Eric Temple Bell (1883 - 1960) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: with matchless wit and insight, Eric Temple Bell has made 'The Magic of Numbers'. ... D Studley, Review: The Magic of Numbers, by E T Bell, Mathematics Magazine 21 (3) (1948), 146.

46. Indian Mathematics - Redressing the balance - Projects - MacTutor…

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

    7 Mar 2023: Spread and Triumph of Indian Numerals. Indian Journal of History of Science 18, 23-38. ... 1997). Three Old Indian Values of p. Indian Journal of History of Science 32, 307-314.

47. Christian Goldbach (1690 - 1764) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    14 May 2023: A A Kiselev, Certain questions of the theory of numbers in the correspondence between Euler and Goldbach (Russian), History Methodology Natur. ... Issled. 16 (1965), 129-143. I G Mel'nikov, Certain questions of the theory of numbers in the correspondence

48. William Rowan Hamilton (1805 - 1865) - Biography - MacTutor History…

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

    30 Dec 2023: Hist. Philos. Sci. 26 (4) (1995), 593-616. N G Krotkova, The generalized complex numbers of W R Hamilton and De Morgan (Russian), in History and methodology of the natural sciences ... Inst. Math. Appl. 13 (9-10) (1977), 228-233. N D McMillan, History of

49. Theodor Molien (1861 - 1941) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: T Hawkins, Hypercomplex numbers, Lie groups, and the creation of group representation theory, Arch. ... History Exact Sci. 8 (1972), 243-287. T Hawkins, New light on Frobenius' creation of group characters, Arch.

50. Varahamihira (505 - 587) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: Shukla states in [11]:-. The Pancasiddhantika of Varahamihira is one of the most important sources for the history of Hindu astronomy before the time of Aryabhata I I. ... G Ifrah, A universal history of numbers : From prehistory to the invention of the