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27 Why did the ancient Greeks originally become interested in conic sections? May 10 '15
22 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
17 What data did Kepler work out his laws from? Oct 28 '14
16 Was 18th century algebra more symbolic/formal than the modern conception? Mar 5 '15
14 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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