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What was Gauss' opinion of Lagrange,Laplace and Euler?

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Did Kolmogorov complexity influence the development of communication complexity?

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How did von Neumann come up with his merge sort algorithm?

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How did Peano come up with his space filling curve?

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After the invention of Boolean algebra, why did it take so long for the existential and universal quantifiers to become formalized into symbols?

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When did the concept of probability density explicitly appear in mathematics?

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When did the concept of palindromic sequences first appear in mathematics?

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Did C.S Peirce make any noteworthy contributions to physics or chemistry?

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Was there a continuation to the Seven Bridges of Königsberg problem between Euler and Hamilton?

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How did Kolmogorov came up with his formalization of intuitionistic logic?

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How did Ruffini manage to extend the methods of Lagrange in order to "prove" the insolvability of the general quintic equation?

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Did Ibn al-Haytham write anything about his experiments that is general enough to be seen as prefiguring the scientific method?

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Is C.S Peirce really an independent co-discoverer of the first-order logic?

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Is there any book or site where Gauss' collected philosophical writings are presented?

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Was C.S Peirce in his abductive reasoning influenced by the generalization from special cases that is used by mathematicians?

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Who is considered the greatest mathematician between the years 400 AD and 1300 AD? [closed]

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When did the study of the rate of convergence of algorithms begin?

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Is there any paper on how Viete may have came up with his algebraic notation?

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When was the earliest usage of diagrams to represent set relations?

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How did Cramer's work on permutations influence early pre-group theory (particularly the work of Lagrange and Vandermonde)?

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Was C.S Peirce the first philosopher to posit that value belief serves as some sort of guide for scientific belief?

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How did Charles Sanders Peirce react to his stigmatization?

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When did Kolmogorov complexity begin being applied to real world objects and ideas?

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Was Giuseppe Peano one of the greatest mathematicians of his era? [closed]

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Was Kolmogorov enraged after learning about the Karatsuba multiplication algorithm?

Does Blum's speedup theorem have any conceptual predecessors?

Who discovered pigeonhole principle in mathematics?

When was the first recorded occurence of irrational and imaginary number usage in number theory?

What was Gauss' opinion of Lagrange,Laplace and Euler?

Did Kolmogorov complexity influence the development of communication complexity?

Was Charles Sanders Peirce aware of Charles Babbage's difference engine?

How did von Neumann come up with his merge sort algorithm?

How did Peano come up with his space filling curve?

After the invention of Boolean algebra, why did it take so long for the existential and universal quantifiers to become formalized into symbols?

How did Yao come up with his minimum spanning tree algorithm?

When did the concept of probability density explicitly appear in mathematics?

When did the concept of palindromic sequences first appear in mathematics?

Did C.S Peirce make any noteworthy contributions to physics or chemistry?

Was there a continuation to the Seven Bridges of Königsberg problem between Euler and Hamilton?

How did Kolmogorov came up with his formalization of intuitionistic logic?

How did Ruffini manage to extend the methods of Lagrange in order to "prove" the insolvability of the general quintic equation?

Did Ibn al-Haytham write anything about his experiments that is general enough to be seen as prefiguring the scientific method?

Is C.S Peirce really an independent co-discoverer of the first-order logic?

Is there any book or site where Gauss' collected philosophical writings are presented?

Was C.S Peirce in his abductive reasoning influenced by the generalization from special cases that is used by mathematicians?

Who is considered the greatest mathematician between the years 400 AD and 1300 AD? [closed]

When did the study of the rate of convergence of algorithms begin?

Is there any paper on how Viete may have came up with his algebraic notation?

When was the earliest usage of diagrams to represent set relations?

How did Cramer's work on permutations influence early pre-group theory (particularly the work of Lagrange and Vandermonde)?

Was C.S Peirce the first philosopher to posit that value belief serves as some sort of guide for scientific belief?

How did Charles Sanders Peirce react to his stigmatization?

When did Kolmogorov complexity begin being applied to real world objects and ideas?

Was Giuseppe Peano one of the greatest mathematicians of his era? [closed]