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Michael E2
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What is the original source for Abel's quote about Gauss:"He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail"?
Apr 3, 2016
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When was the term "corollary" first used in proofs?
Jan 12, 2019
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What's the history of "left as exercise" or notions similar to that?
Dec 24, 2022
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Did Descartes leave solving the quintic as an exercise to his readers?
Aug 7, 2019
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What does "given in species" mean in old geometry textbooks?
Aug 29, 2020
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$\frac{dy}{dx}$ versus $\frac{{\mathrm d}y}{{\mathrm d}x}$
Nov 22, 2017
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Who knows Frank Irvin?
Dec 5, 2017
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The original paper by Kutta
Jan 5, 2018
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How did Newton and Kepler (actually) do it?
Mar 27, 2016
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Taylor's Theorem and Newton's Method of Divided Differences
Jan 11, 2017
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