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Why did Gauss think the reciprocity law so important in number theory?

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Why are Darboux integrals called Riemann integrals?

Once and for all - "Rational numbers" - because of ratio, or because they make sense?

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Who are some forgotten mathematicians? [closed]

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Curious remark of D. Ravenel

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Films about math: a question about math education and motivation for learning math [closed]

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Did Gauss ever make a mistake?

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Math symbol in German thesis from 1963

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Why is an image called an "image"?

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Who first called the Grothendieck's schéma scheme?

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Laplace transform for dummies

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How is it that treating Leibniz notation as a fraction is fundamentally incorrect but at the same time useful?

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Why, historically, did Gödel think CH was false?

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How would antique math books compare to modern books?

What are some results that shook the foundations of one or more fields of mathematics? [closed]

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History of the theory of equations: John Colson

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Why are proofs written in first person plural? Were they ever written differently?

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History of Modern Mathematics Available on the Internet

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A problem V.I. Arnold solved as a primary school student

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Injection and surjection - origin of words

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