Category: Math History
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Every Unsolved Geometry Problem that Sounds Easy
Five Geometry Problems That Look Simple but Remain Unsolved Square Packing Bellman’s Lost in a Forest Problem Ulam’s Packing Conjecture Lebesgue’s Universal Covering Problem Moser’s Worm Problem Kobon’s Triangle Problem Five Geometry Problems That Look Simple but Remain Unsolved Square Packing A unit square is a square with a side length read more
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Every Unsolved Math Problem that Sounds Easy – Part 2
Six Deceptively Simple Unsolved Problems in Mathematics Mersenne Primes Perfect Numbers The Rational Distance Problem The Moving Sofa Problem The Inscribed Square Problem The Ramsey Theory Problem Six Deceptively Simple Unsolved Problems in Mathematics Mersenne Primes One unsolved problem in mathematics concerns whether or not there are infinitely many Mersenne primes. read more
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How Every Dimensions Actually Work (You Probably Didn’t Know)
Every Dimension Explained Zero Dimension (0D) One Dimension (1D) Second Dimension (2D) Third Dimension (3D) Fourth Dimension (4D Spacetime) Higher Dimensions in Mathematics Functional and Infinite Dimensions Fractals and Fractional Dimensions Curved and Warped Dimensions Applications and Modern Theories Every Dimension Explained Zero Dimension (0D) Zero dimension corresponds to the point, read more
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The Discovery of the Atom Explained (From Ancient Greece to Bohr)
The Ancient Idea of Atoms John Dalton and Chemical Ratios J. J. Thomson and the Electron Rutherford and the Gold Foil Experiment The Problem with Classical Physics Niels Bohr and Quantized Energy Levels Toward Quantum Mechanics Further Reading The Ancient Idea of Atoms Our understanding of matter, everything we can touch, read more
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Every Unsolved Circle Problem that Sounds Easy
Five Circle Problems That Are Way Harder Than They Look The Erdős-Oler Conjecture The Gauss Circle Problem The Kissing Number Problem Unequal Circle Packing Sendov’s Conjecture The Erdős-Oler Conjecture A unit circle is a circle whose radius (the distance from the center to the edge) is 1. An equilateral triangle read more
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Unsolved Math Problems That Took Centuries to Solve
Famous Math Problems That Took Centuries to Solve Squaring the Circle Euler’s Sum of Powers Conjecture The Four Color Map Theorem Legendre’s Constant Fermat’s Last Theorem Squaring the Circle We begin with a sheet of paper, a pencil, and only two other tools. The first is a straight edge, a ruler read more
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Every Equation That Changed History Explained
Timeline of Equations That Changed the World 6th Century BC: Thales’ Theorem 6th Century BC: Pythagorean Theorem 300 BC: Euclid’s Theorem 250 BC: Archimedes’ Principle of Flotation 200 BC: Conic Sections First Century AD: Heron’s Formula 1202: Fibonacci Sequence 1609: Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion 1614: Logarithms 1637: Cartesian Plane 1637: read more
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Every Core Math Concept Explained
Terminological precision in mathematics is not a mere formality but has profound consequences for the logical structure and understanding of mathematical theories. In the mathematical and scientific field, the concepts of principles and laws play a fundamental role in the formulation of knowledge. Although both terms are often used interchangeably in everyday language, in the read more
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Actually Romans were Good at Math
Every Math Discovery in Ancient Rome Surveying and Geometry The Centuriation System Roman Numerals The Roman Abacus The Julian Calendar Rome’s Mathematical Legacy Surveying and Geometry Today, the remains of various Roman cities and settlements lie scattered across three major continents and stand as a testament to the power this civilization read more
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Every Math Problem that Made Someone Famous
Andrew Wiles and Fermat’s Last Theorem Carl Friedrich Gauss and the 17 Gon Joseph Fourier and Fourier Series Leonhard Euler and the Bridges of Königsberg Isaac Newton and the Law of Universal Gravitation John Nash and the Nash Equilibrium Albert Einstein and General Relativity James Clerk Maxwell and Maxwell’s Equations Further read more
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