History of Science and Mathematics
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Has there been an equivalent in physics to Ramanujan in maths?

17 votes

Has physics ever given a physical significance to a mathematically abstract idea?

15 votes

Which physicists died very young or in a tragic way?

8 votes

Examples of papers co-authored by parent/child, or siblings

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What is the origin of the "Japanese bracket"?

6 votes
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Was $1+2+3+\cdots=-\frac{1}{12}$ in Ramanujan's letter?

6 votes
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Has Penrose ever acknowledged criticism of the Penrose-Lucas argument?

5 votes

Historically accurate alternatives to "Men of Mathematics"?

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Mathematicians who often didn't use notebooks/devices to work?

4 votes

Original paper of Gauss on his method of quadrature

4 votes

Examples of papers co-authored by parent/child, or siblings

3 votes

Identification of Rare Newton Statue

3 votes
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Origin of Gauss-Newton method

2 votes

Courant and Finite element methods

2 votes
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Did Gauss formulate, or at least know of, the full essence of the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem?

2 votes
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Biography on Georg Cantor

1 vote

Who discovered paramagnetism first?

1 vote

Do we have any idea on how Newton developed his method of fluxions?

1 vote
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Origin of the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma

1 vote

Feynman story: providing two different explanations for the same phenomenon

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