History of Science and Mathematics
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Why are quaternions more popular than tessarines despite being non-commutative?
Feb 14, 2021
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Why do I , J and K in mechanics represent X , Y and Z in maths?
Dec 28, 2020
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Apparently different objects discovered to be the same
Jan 22, 2015
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Who first introduced the notation $\mathcal{O}$ in algebraic geometry or algebraic number theory
Oct 15, 2015
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A basic mistake by Cayley
Nov 12, 2017
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Notation for Christoffel symbols
Nov 18, 2018
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How were derivatives of trigonometric functions first discovered?
Dec 6, 2015
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Why is differentiation under the integral sign named the Leibniz rule?
Jan 4, 2019
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Notation from Weyl's algebraic number theory book
Jan 19, 2020
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First use of term "Hilbert's Nullstellensatz"
Apr 24, 2021
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Consequences of the Riemann hypothesis
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Widely accepted mathematical results that were later shown to be wrong?
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Why it is important to write a function as sum of even and odd functions?
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Demystifying complex numbers
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Why, historically, do we multiply matrices as we do?

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