History
- If you are looking for information about any topic in the history of mathematics, we can recommend the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive at the University of St Andrews. It includes hundreds of biographies of mathematicians and numerous articles on particular topics in the history of maths.
- Octagon and October, and calendars in general
- Circumference of a circle
- Pythagoras
- Pythagoras' proof of Pythagoras' Theorem?
- The origins of Trigonometry
- About the FLT (Fermat Last theorem)
- Where does the word "mathematician" come from?
- Shriek (!)
- Unproven Conjectures
- Calculus notation
- AI, and the ethics of war
People
Philosophy
- If black is white then red is green
- What is ¶ called?
- Why do you like maths?
- The use of maths
- Use of computers by mathematicians
- Instantly: Thoughts on simultaneous events
- Irrationality of numbers
- Is all of mathematics debatable?
- Not not cool to do maths!?
- What makes a mathematician?
- Mathematicians, God, and lots of philosophy (in three parts)
- Where does mathematics come from? (more philosophy)
- Beyond Math
- Time Travel
- Infinity - odd or even?
- Is number theory more natural than calculus or kinematics?
- Is maths created or discovered? (philosophy again!)
- Proof and paradoxes
- Fundamental probability question
- Genius, genetics, AI and voting systems
- Utility/Wealth Maximization
- Why does 1 + 1 = 2 ?
- Maths careers, and balance between work and pleasure
- Are geometric proofs valid?
- The value of mathematics
- Ethics
Miscellaneous
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