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Earliest Uses of Mathematical Symbols - http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathsym.html
Discusses first known appearances of common expressions, such as operations, variables and trigonometric functions. |
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Roman Numerals and Roman Dates - http://www.wilkiecollins.demon.co.uk/roman/front.htm
Includes conversion tables, historical background and a demonstration on how to express the year 1999 in Roman numerals. |
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History and Overview - http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.HO
Front for the Mathematics Arxiv of eprints section HO: biographies, philosophy of mathematics, mathematics education, recreational mathematics, communication of mathematics. |
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Mathematics in Latvia throughout the Centuries - http://www.math.cornell.edu/~dtaimina/mathinlv.html
Covers the early mathematical development in the country, such as the use of geometrical symbols. Includes discussion of influential works of local mathematicians. |
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Ancient Geometry and Insights into Math History - http://members.aol.com/bbyars1/contents.html
Topics include background in Babylonian, Euclid, Al'Khwarizmi, pi, and trigonometry. Also has recreations and java chat. |
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A Brief History of Algebra and Computing - http://vmoc.museophile.org/algebra/
By Oxford professor, Jonathan Bowen. Discusses origins in ancient Greece, Arabia and England, analytical machines, boolean algebra, and recent developments in the field. |
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Symbol, Form and Number in Ancient Egypt - http://www.seshat.ch/
Includes math examples from the Rhind papyrus and Babylonian tablets. Also, discusses early Egyptian mythology. |
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Mesopotamian Mathematics - 8000 B.C. to 364 A.D. - http://it.stlawu.edu/~dmelvill/mesomath/index.html
Discusses the development of numbers, addition tables, exercise problems and solutions for quadratic equations in one of oldest known civilizations. |
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History of Mathematics - Facets of India - http://www.geocities.com/dipalsarvesh/mathematics.html
Includes history of algebra trigonometry, numerical mathematics, and geometry in this region. |
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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea - http://www.users.cloud9.net/~cgseife/zero.html
A concise and appealing look at the strangest number in the universe. By Charles Seife. |
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Mechanical Calculators Prior to the 19th Century - http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~ped/teachadmin/histsci/htmlform/lect3.html
Explains the development and motivation for creating calculating machines and algorithms. |
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Math History Timeline - Pre-historic and Ancient Times - http://lahabra.seniorhigh.net/pages/teachers/pages/math/timeline/MpreAndAncient.html
La Hababra high school page includes dates for important developments in the field of mathematics that occurred from approximately 1,000,000 B.C. to 500 A.D. Also, has an accompanying timeline for general historic events. |
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Mechanical Aids to Computation and the Development of Algorithms - http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~ped/teachadmin/histsci/htmlform/lect2.html
Article summarizing and illustrating early methods of counting and representing of numbers. |
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Sangaku - http://www.sangaku.info/
Japanese votive tablets featuring mathematical problems. Examples with pictures and further resources. |
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The History of the Calculus and the Development of Computer Algebra Systems - http://www.math.wpi.edu/IQP/BVCalcHist/calctoc.html
Discusses development of integral and derivative calculus from the 17th century. Features contributions by key western mathematicians. Includes examples of selected problems and how they were originally solved in earlier times. Also, covers the historic background to computer algebraic systems. |
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Galois Translation Project (GTP) - http://www.galois-group.net/gtp/
This Site contains original correspondence, official documents and school reports of the mathematician Evariste Galois. This site provides a platform to translate these documents. |
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Vedic Mathematics- Ancient Indian Mathematics - http://www.sanalnair.org/articles/index-ved.htm
The site gives an idea about what is Vedic Mathematicsa - a long forgotten technique for mathematical calculations! The basic roots of Vedic mathematics lie in Vedas (written around 1500-900 BCE) which are a treasure house of knowledge and human experience-both secular and spiritual. |
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History of Mathematics in India - http://members.tripod.com/~INDIA_RESOURCE/mathematics.htm
Describes Indian mathematicians such as Aryabhatta - who modelled the solar system, Bhaskar, Varahamira, and others who made important contributions in the fields of trigonometry, algebra, and classical analysis. |
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The Euler 2004 Conference - http://home.adelphi.edu/~bradley/EulerSociety/home.html
Portsmouth, RI, USA; 8--11 August 2004. |
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Ancient Math Papers Restored - http://plus.maths.org/issue14/news/papyri/
Thanks to new imaging technology, part of the remains of a private library, owned by Roman statesman and Julius Caesar's father-in-law, may now be read. These papers were original discovered in 1752 in the town of Herculaneum. |
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Euclid and His Heritage - http://www.claymath.org/euclid/
A conference on the occasion of the publication, for the first time, of a complete digital edition of the oldest surviving manuscript of Euclid's Elements. St. Catherine's College, Oxford, UK; 7--8 October 2005. |
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India's Contribution to Ancient Mathematics - http://mathemajik.tripod.com/article/mathematics.html
Discusses the nation's early development of geometric concepts, algorithms, algebraic ideas and the idea of zero. Also, explains how these ideas may have traveled westward after some invasions from Arabic countries in the 13th century. |
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Historia Matematica - http://www.chasque.apc.org/jgc/history/MH6.htm
A forum which provides a virtual environment for scholarly discussion of the History of Mathematics, amongst professionals, and non-professionals with a serious interest in the field. A bilingual site (Spanish and English). |