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Franz Kurz

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Germany

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Examples of abstract proofs that turned out to be false

answered Jul 9, 2018 at 14:18

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Considered a breakthrough at its time – almost forgotten nowadays

answered Jun 18, 2017 at 19:49

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Did anybody know Pi well enough in 1592 to celebrate Pi day?

answered Jun 17, 2017 at 16:25

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When was (and in what paper) Paley-Wiener integral invented?

answered Jun 13, 2017 at 17:10

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Einstein and the concept of decoherence

answered Jun 14, 2017 at 11:40

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History of $0 \in \mathbb N$.

answered Jun 8, 2017 at 14:10

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After Archimedes's Sand Reckoner, who considered very large numbers?

answered Oct 29, 2016 at 20:31

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When were numbers first used for anything other than counting?

answered May 18, 2017 at 12:49

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Letter of Egorov to Lusin

answered May 28, 2017 at 11:33

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Did Kronecker attribute immutable origin to the integers?

answered Jun 4, 2017 at 17:10

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Who discovered L'Hôpital's rule?

answered Jun 3, 2017 at 15:54

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When were self-locking doors invented and when did they become commonplace?

answered May 29, 2017 at 13:35

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Why make fields have momentum and energy? (or, the importance of conservation laws)

answered Jun 6, 2017 at 14:25

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Was the term "manifold" (or its German equivalent) chosen with the verb "to fold" in mind?

answered Jun 15, 2017 at 21:16

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Request for good resources on 'history of infinity' topics

answered May 25, 2018 at 11:00

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Was Babylonian Mathematics as sophisticated as Greek mathematics?

answered Jan 21, 2018 at 17:18

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Is there a formal distinction between potential and actual infinities?

answered Feb 5, 2018 at 7:05

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Does the word 'science' mean what's been found so far, or the way that human discovers unknown?

answered Aug 14, 2017 at 12:11

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Why did Aristotle make mistakes in his laws of motion?

answered Jun 20, 2017 at 20:10

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Why is the notation $\sin^{-1} x$ so common?

answered Jun 22, 2017 at 20:49

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Endorsers of the method of well-ordering reported by Hausdorff?

answered Mar 18, 2018 at 14:31

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How much of mathematics did Russell's paradox really break?

answered Jun 15, 2017 at 14:20

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Kronecker vs Cantor — who won?

answered Jun 4, 2017 at 16:54

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Who has invented this enumeration of all objects of thought?

answered May 26, 2017 at 16:17

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