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30 Why did the ancient Greeks originally become interested in conic sections? May 10 '15
27 Did Gauss find the formula for $1+2+3+\ldots+(n-2)+(n-1)+n$ in elementary school? Nov 15 '14
19 Books on the history of linear algebra Nov 6 '14
19 What sorts of calculations called for the invention of logarithm tables? Nov 15 '14
18 Was 18th century algebra more symbolic/formal than the modern conception? Mar 5 '15
18 What data did Kepler work out his laws from? Oct 28 '14
15 Why were 18th century mathematicians interested in extending the factorial to non-integers? Mar 24 '15
14 Cauchy's undead theory Oct 30 '14
13 What group theoretic results were known for several special cases before the general definition of a group was established? Oct 31 '14
12 Was the “polynomial remainder theorem” known before polynomial long division was discovered? Nov 17 '14
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