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What are some examples of elegant solutions?
There are various problems in history such as the Basel problem which was solved by Euler using the Taylor expansion of the sine, then later by Cauchy by bounding the partial sum, both solutions were ...
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Great battles in the history of mathematics
Could someone list me the most important battles between mathematicians which happened in history, especially such that strong emotions played role in that time?
Perhaps the most known one is the ...
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Examples of mathematicians who applied to patent their work
MIT's RSA encryption was granted a patent although it was not enforced for non-commercial applications. Similarly for Stanford's PGP encryption algorithm. However, these are institutions rather than ...
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Are there any well known mathematicians who were fascists?
I only recently learned that Pascual Jordan, a well known physicist, with significant contributions to the development of early quantum mechanics was a paid member of the Nazi Party. He in fact joined ...
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Examples of when the professional scientists or mathematicians were wrong, but the nonprofessionals were right
What are the most glaring examples — if any — of when the professional scientists or mathematicians were wrong, but the nonprofessionals were right?
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Failures in math
I would like to have help in producing examples of mathematicians that, in some sense I'll explain below,turned their career into failure. I am mainly interested in examples from XIX and XXth century.
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Literary works authored by mathematicians
At a first glance, Mathematics and Literature look like two completely unrelated subjects.
I wonder whether there are examples of acclaimed mathematicians which wrote novels, poems, or other ...
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