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Why do the French count so strangely?
math-history
number-systems
Is there any branch of Mathematics which has no applications in any other field or in real world?
soft-question
math-history
A "new" general formula for the quadratic equation?
algebra-precalculus
soft-question
roots
quadratics
math-history
Good books on Math History
reference-request
math-history
big-list
book-recommendation
Is there a great mathematical example for a 12-year-old?
soft-question
math-history
big-list
education
Theorems' names that don't credit the right people
soft-question
math-history
big-list
What is the oldest open problem in geometry?
geometry
soft-question
math-history
open-problem
How was the Monster's existence originally suspected?
abstract-algebra
group-theory
math-history
Origin of the dot and cross product?
linear-algebra
math-history
cross-product
How was the normal distribution derived?
statistics
probability-distributions
math-history
normal-distribution
What does the mysterious constant marked by C on a slide rule indicate?
notation
math-history
constants
Theorem that von Neumann proved in five minutes.
reference-request
math-history
Conjectures (or intuitions) that turned out wrong in an interesting or useful way
soft-question
math-history
big-list
conjectures
Why is a full turn of the circle 360°? Why not any other number?
geometry
math-history
General request for a book on mathematical history, for a VERY advanced reader.
reference-request
math-history
book-recommendation
big-list
Why does Friedberg say that the role of the determinant is less central than in former times?
linear-algebra
matrices
determinant
math-history
Paul Erdos's Two-Line Functional Analysis Proof
functional-analysis
reference-request
math-history
Mathematically, why was the Enigma machine so hard to crack?
math-history
cryptography
Results that came out of nowhere.
soft-question
math-history
big-list
Is there any conjecture that has been proved to be solvable/provable but whose direct solution/proof is not yet known?
soft-question
math-history
conjectures
provability
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