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A summary of the history of the problem of finding the region of greatest area bounded by a given perimeter. This essay was a winner of the HOM SIGMAA student essay contest in 2006.
Cantor's work on Fourier series provides historical motivation for the study of point-set topology.

A sourcebook of original materials in the history of mathematics from ancient times to the early twentieth century.

Page from the table of contents of Robert Recorde's The Grounde of Artes (1543) in which is outlined the first dialogue. This dialogue deals with some of the elements of arithmetic, including the basic operations and the use of the rule of three (or the Golden rule).

A circle, a square and an equilateral triangle all have the same perimeter equal to 1 meter. Compare their areas.

The sum of the two digits of a 2-digit number is 9. If 45 is subtracted from the number, the result will be expressed by the digits in reverse order. Find the number.

The number 50 is divided by a certain number. If the divisor is increased by 3, the quotient decreases by 3.75. What is the number?

There is a circle from within which a square is cut, the remaining portion having an area of 47.6255 square units.

Two officers each have a company of men, the one has 40 less than the other.

Image of first arithmetic book published in the English colonies in what is now the Eastern United States

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