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Featured Site MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive Open in a new browser windowLink Details
- Topics are presented by topic areas, date, or mathematicians. Includes timeline and website search engine.
- http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/

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Vedic Mathematics- Ancient Indian Mathematics Open in a new windowLink Details
- The site gives an idea about what is Vedic Mathematicsa - a long forgotten technique for mathematical calculations! The basic roots of Vedic mathematics lie in Vedas (written around 1500-900 BCE) which are a treasure house of knowledge and human experienc
- http://www.sanalnair.org/articles/index-ved.htm

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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea Open in a new windowLink Details
- A concise and appealing look at the strangest number in the universe. By Charles Seife.
- http://www.users.cloud9.net/~cgseife/zero.html

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Historia Mathematica Open in a new windowLink Details
- Elsevier journal about early mathematical discoveries. Includes table of contents and abstracts.
- http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=622841

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India's Contribution to Ancient Mathematics Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses the nation's early development of geometric concepts, algorithms, algebraic ideas and the idea of zero. Also, explains how these ideas may have traveled westward after some invasions from Arabic countries in the 13th century.
- http://mathemajik.tripod.com/article/mathematics.html

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The Art of Renaissance Science Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses how art and architecture were influenced by mathematical concepts, such as perspective. Includes photo examples.
- http://www.mcm.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/arstoc.html

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Euclid and His Heritage Open in a new windowLink Details
- A conference on the occasion of the publication, for the first time, of a complete digital edition of the oldest surviving manuscript of Euclid's Elements. St. Catherine's College, Oxford, UK; 7--8 October 2005.
- http://www.claymath.org/euclid/

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Math History Timeline - Pre-historic and Ancient Times Open in a new windowLink Details
- La Hababra high school page includes dates for important developments in the field of mathematics that occurred from approximately 1,000,000 B.C. to 500 A.D. Also, has an accompanying timeline for general historic events.
- http://lahabra.seniorhigh.net/pages/teachers/pages/math/timeline/MpreAndAncient.html

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Mathematics in Latvia throughout the Centuries Open in a new windowLink Details
- Covers the early mathematical development in the country, such as the use of geometrical symbols. Includes discussion of influential works of local mathematicians.
- http://www.math.cornell.edu/~dtaimina/mathinlv.html

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The History of the Calculus and the Development of Computer Algebra Systems Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses development of integral and derivative calculus from the 17th century. Features contributions by key western mathematicians. Includes examples of selected problems and how they were originally solved in earlier times. Also, covers the historic
- http://www.math.wpi.edu/IQP/BVCalcHist/calctoc.html

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Washington Post: The Search for Infinity Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses the development of the concept of infinity from the early Greeks of the fifth to the second century B.C. Covers the important findings of Zenos, the Pythagorean school, Eudoxus and Archimedes.
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/mysteryaleph.htm

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Twenty-Five Years with Nicolas Bourbaki Open in a new windowLink Details
- Article by Armand Borel from a lecture at Bochum in September 1996 in honour of R.Remmert.
- http://www.ega-math.narod.ru/Bbaki/Bourb3.htm

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Sangaku Open in a new windowLink Details
- Japanese votive tablets featuring mathematical problems. Examples with pictures and further resources.
- http://www.sangaku.info/

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Roman Numerals and Roman Dates Open in a new windowLink Details
- Includes conversion tables, historical background and a demonstration on how to express the year 1999 in Roman numerals.
- http://www.wilkiecollins.demon.co.uk/roman/front.htm

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The Euler 2004 Conference Open in a new windowLink Details
- Portsmouth, RI, USA; 8--11 August 2004.
- http://home.adelphi.edu/~bradley/EulerSociety/home.html

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History and Overview Open in a new windowLink Details
- Front for the Mathematics Arxiv of eprints section HO: biographies, philosophy of mathematics, mathematics education, recreational mathematics, communication of mathematics.
- http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.HO

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Galois Translation Project (GTP) Open in a new windowLink Details
- This Site contains original correspondence, official documents and school reports of the mathematician Evariste Galois. This site provides a platform to translate these documents.
- http://www.galois-group.net/gtp/

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A Brief History of Algebra and Computing Open in a new windowLink Details
- By Oxford professor, Jonathan Bowen. Discusses origins in ancient Greece, Arabia and England, analytical machines, boolean algebra, and recent developments in the field.
- http://vmoc.museophile.org/algebra/

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MathWorld: History Open in a new windowLink Details
- Descriptions and links relating to various historical problems and topics in mathematics.
- http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/History.html

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History of Mathematics: China Open in a new windowLink Details
- An overview. Includes a chronology of mathematicians and mathematical works, online references and a bibliography
- http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/china.html

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Historia Matematica Open in a new windowLink Details
- A forum which provides a virtual environment for scholarly discussion of the History of Mathematics, amongst professionals, and non-professionals with a serious interest in the field. A bilingual site (Spanish and English).
- http://www.chasque.apc.org/jgc/history/MH6.htm

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Mesopotamian Mathematics - 8000 B.C. to 364 A.D. Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses the development of numbers, addition tables, exercise problems and solutions for quadratic equations in one of oldest known civilizations.
- http://it.stlawu.edu/~dmelvill/mesomath/index.html

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The Princeton Mathematics Community in the 1930s Open in a new windowLink Details
- An oral history project with supporting on-line documents and links.
- http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/finding_aids/mathoral/math.html

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Vatican Exhibit: Ancient Mathematics Open in a new windowLink Details
- Library of Congress. Includes articles and original document images of early Greek contributions to the field.
- http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathematics/Greek_math.html

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Mechanical Aids to Computation and the Development of Algorithms Open in a new windowLink Details
- Notes to Dr. Paul E. Dunne's math history lecture, with images.
- http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~ped/teachadmin/histsci/htmlform/slides.html

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Renaissance Mathematics Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses the technological, commercial and political reasons for the increase in mathematical development during this period.
- http://www.idbsu.edu/courses/hy309/projects/math.html

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Green Lion Press Open in a new windowLink Details
- An independent book publisher specializing in source materials history of mathematics and history of science. Includes list of publications available and contact information.
- http://www.greenlion.com/

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Symbol, Form and Number in Ancient Egypt Open in a new windowLink Details
- Includes math examples from the Rhind papyrus and Babylonian tablets. Also, discusses early Egyptian mythology.
- http://www.seshat.ch/

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Glimpses of History Open in a new windowLink Details
- A poetic rendition of the key events in the development of the field that have taken place over the years.
- http://www.cf.ac.uk/maths/numbertheory/history.html

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Ancient Math Papers Restored Open in a new windowLink Details
- Thanks to new imaging technology, part of the remains of a private library, owned by Roman statesman and Julius Caesar's father-in-law, may now be read. These papers were original discovered in 1752 in the town of Herculaneum.
- http://plus.maths.org/issue14/news/papyri/

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Ancient Geometry and Insights into Math History Open in a new windowLink Details
- Topics include background in Babylonian, Euclid, Al'Khwarizmi, pi, and trigonometry. Also has recreations and java chat.
- http://members.aol.com/bbyars1/contents.html

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History of Mathematics in India Open in a new windowLink Details
- Describes Indian mathematicians such as Aryabhatta - who modelled the solar system, Bhaskar, Varahamira, and others who made important contributions in the fields of trigonometry, algebra, and classical analysis.
- http://members.tripod.com/~INDIA_RESOURCE/mathematics.htm

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Mechanical Calculators Prior to the 19th Century Open in a new windowLink Details
- Explains the development and motivation for creating calculating machines and algorithms.
- http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~ped/teachadmin/histsci/htmlform/lect3.html

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History of Mathematics. Open in a new windowLink Details
- Includes classic texts by Hilbert and Euclid (a Java enhanced version of the Elements) a chronology, and links.
- http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/

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Earliest Uses of Mathematical Symbols Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses first known appearances of common expressions, such as operations, variables and trigonometric functions.
- http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathsym.html

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Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics Open in a new windowLink Details
- Shows who coined a wide variety of commonly used terms. Organized by first letter.
- http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathword.html

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