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Is there any difference between a math invention and a math discovery? [closed]
math-history
philosophy
What interview of G. H. Hardy by P. Erdős does Wikipedia refer to?
reference-request
math-history
popular-math
Who is a Math Historian?
soft-question
math-history
What's the history of the result that $p_{n+1} < p_n^2$, and how difficult is the proof?
number-theory
algorithms
math-history
Why is $e$ the Identity?
notation
math-history
Source of Hardy-Littlewood's 2nd Conjecture
number-theory
reference-request
math-history
How did Ramanujan find this formula?
sequences-and-series
number-theory
power-series
math-history
Why is it Euler's 'Totient' Function?
number-theory
terminology
math-history
Can we prove that odd and even numbers alternate without using induction?
number-theory
logic
math-history
foundations
peano-axioms
Why is the permanent of interest for complexity theorists?
linear-algebra
matrices
soft-question
math-history
permanent
How did Descartes come up with the spoof odd perfect number $198585576189$?
elementary-number-theory
math-history
divisor-sum
perfect-numbers
Why are imaginary numbers called imaginary numbers
terminology
complex-numbers
math-history
Who came up with the arrow notation $x \rightarrow y$?
functions
notation
math-history
education
The word "integral" in calculus unrelated to "integral" / "integer" in algebra?
integration
terminology
math-history
integers
Color each positive integer with red and blue, whether there must be three numbers $a, b, c$ with same color such that $a^2+b^2 = c^2$? [duplicate]
soft-question
education
math-history
big-list
big-picture
Where is the name "coset" in group theory from?
abstract-algebra
group-theory
terminology
math-history
What's an example of an infinitesimal?
calculus
soft-question
math-history
nonstandard-analysis
infinitesimals
How do mathematicians think about the existence of numbers?
soft-question
math-history
philosophy
Curious about math and Soviet Union
reference-request
math-history
What's the idea behind the Taylor series?
power-series
taylor-expansion
math-history
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