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  1. Birthplace Map - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Map/

    7 Mar 2023: No Location Chosen. Choose a location on the map to see which mathematicians were born there.

  2. Calculus history - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    18 Jan 2024: J O Fleckenstein, The line of descent of the infinitesimal calculus in the history of ideas, Arch. ... 22. A Rosenthal, The history of calculus, The American Mathematical Monthly 58 (1951), 75-86.

  3. Gibson History 4 - John Napier - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Gibson_history_4/

    7 Mar 2023: In the Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume Napier's achievements are so fully and interestingly set forth that I may confine myself to a short statement on one or two of the more salient topics. The conditions prevailing in Napier's day are

  4. CGT history - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: One section of his talk involved the history of Computational Group Theory (CGT) and we give a version of this below. ... Early history (1953-1967). This may be thought of as starting with the first implementations of computing methods for groups.

  5. Paris Academy of Sciences - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/Paris/

    7 Mar 2023: The three Physical Sciences of chemistry, botany and anatomy became four subjects: chemistry and metallurgy; mineralogy and natural history; botany and agriculture; and anatomy. ... Physical Sciences now consisted of: chemistry; natural history and

  6. LMS Honorary Member - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Honours/LMSHonorary/

    23 Apr 2024: The following mathematicians have been given honorary membership of the London Mathematical Society. 1892 M G Mittag-Leffler. 1913 W Voigt. 1924 A Einstein. 1952 C-J de la Vallée-Poussin. 2005 J-P Bourguignon, J Keller. 20072008200920102011 N Kopell

  7. Gibson History 6 - More Gregorys - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Gibson_history_6/

    7 Mar 2023: After James Gregory's death the Chair of Mathematics in Edinburgh remained vacant for some years, the work being carried on meantime by a lecturer called John Young, but on 29th October 1683, his nephew, David Gregory, was appointed Professor. David

  8. History overview - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: How we view history. We view the history of mathematics from our own position of understanding and sophistication.

  9. Berlin Academy of Science - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/Berlin/

    19 May 2023: Crelle has won a permanent place in the history of mathematics for his scientific and organizational ability. ... He is especially important for the history of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, to which he was elected in 1827 with the strong support of

  10. Gibson History 5 - James Gregory - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Gibson_history_5/

    7 Mar 2023: published as they were received he would have taken a much larger place in mathematical history than has usually been assigned him.