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Are Euclid's theorems and proofs due to Euclid?

Some appear to argue that much of the Elements by Euclid is a compilation of knowledge handed down to Euclid from his predecessors. On the other hand, some credit the...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by Chris Judge

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Where did the term "set-builder notation" come from?

In math stack exchange I often see notations like ${xinmathbb Q:x^2<2}$ being called instances of set builder notation. When I went to school we (that is,...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by kimchi lover

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Translations of "Sur le théorème de Zorn"?

Are there any translations of the following into English, German, or Russian?Nicolas Bourbaki, Sur le théorème de Zorn, Archiv der Mathematik, Volume 2, pages 434–437, November 1949.Any...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by user10553

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Where are Pierre Samuel's videos of Bourbaki proceedings available?

Wikipedia's article on Pierre Samuel claims (uncitedly):He was a member of the Bourbaki group, and filmed some of their meetings. A French television documentary on Bourbaki broadcast...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by user514014

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When was the function 1 + cos(x), aka the vercosine, given a name?

Nowadays, when one searches for little-known trigonometric functions, one usually finds a list containing the versine, coversine, vercosine, and covercosine. When using this list, $1+cos(x)$ is given the name...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by user743012

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Did Galen make any theoretical contributions to the experimental science?

The wikipedia page about experimental research history cites Ibn al-Haytham as an early pioneer of experimental research.Since Galen was the last prominent ancient greek philosophers/doctor and...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by GEP

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Why so hard to find references to pictures of Raymond Boyce?

Raymond Boyce was one of the first pioneers of the relational database and a co-developer of SQL, yet it is almost impossible to find any pictures of him:...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by Joe Harris

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A Reference in Klein's Book

F. Klein mentions a certain Blumenthal in his famous book on the history of mathematics in 19th century with the following verse(when he was talking about the curvature in space):Die...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by zy_

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What steps did Richard Feynman take to devise his Integral Trick?

Richard Feynman is considered to be one of the greatest minds in physics, and has won many accolades as a result of his research in areas such as quantum mechanics...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by Nachiket Kulkarni

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Einstein visited former teacher/professor who thought he wanted to borrow money: who might that have been?

I am not sure in what bio I read this but it was not a new bio -- not Isaacson, for example. The anecdote was simply that he wanted to...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by releseabe

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