Gerald Edgar

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Examples of when the professional scientists or mathematicians were wrong, but the nonprofessionals were right

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Historical example of research papers being misinterpreted due to poor wording and creating controversy?

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Why are $X$ and $Y$ commonly used as mathematical placeholders?

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Which mathematicians died very young or in a tragic way?

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When was the first recorded use of subscript in mathematics to represent index?

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Pythagoras vs. the idea of Pythagoras

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Who wrote "projective geometry" for the first time?

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Origin of exact and closed differential expressions

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What are some famous named groups of scientists?

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Euclid's use of antenaresis and Heath's commentary

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