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“Untiring Labor Overcomes All!” The History of the Dutch Mathematical Society in Comparison to Its Various Counterparts in Europe
- Political Science
- 2001
Abstract The Netherlands, like some other European countries, witnessed the emergence of several amateur mathematical societies in a “philomathy” atmosphere during the 18th and early 19th century.…
Jaina Thoughts on Unity Not Being a Number
- PhilosophyHistory of Science in South Asia
- 2021
At one time, the Jainas in India and the Greeks in abroad held that unity was not a number. This paper provides an insight for the first time into the thoughts offered by the Jainas as to why unity…
The Bicentennial of American Mathematics Journals
- Mathematics
- 2005
David Zitarelli (zit@temple.edu) received his Ph.D. in algebraic semigroups under Mario Petrich at Penn State, and is now an associate professor of mathematics at Temple University in Philadelphia.…
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Remarks on Mr. Winthrop's Paper on the Duplication of the Cube in Part 1st of This Volume
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