THE history of mathematics has an image problem. It is often presented as a meeting of minds among ancient Greeks who became masters of logic. Pythagoras, Euclid and their pals honed the tools for ...

Although each type of number has its own fascinating and complicated history, today they are all so familiar that they are taught to schoolchildren. Integers are just the whole numbers, plus the ...

I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years I noticed that students were always interested in the history of mathematics. When you teach linear algebra or calculus, it’s important ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known ...

This is the first time a decimal point is recorded being used in history. Excerpt from ... of Ferrara," paper author Glen Van Brummelen, a math historian at Trinity Western University, told ...

In Vector, Robyn Arianrhod describes the history of concepts we now take for grant. Photos / supplied. Book review: Imagine an arrow on a computer screen – in PowerPoint, say.You can drag it ...

The most famous graffiti in the history of maths Updated / Monday, 17 Oct 2022 07:38 The plaque commemorating flash of inspiration at Broom Bridge in Cabra.

In recognition of Hamilton's achievements, maths buffs retrace his famous walk every October 16 to celebrate Hamilton Day. But we all use the technological fruits of that unassuming graffiti every ...