History-of-Math Resources

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 22:30:11 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated by the history of mathematics. Some of the classic and dramatic discoveries I read a kid were those of non-Euclidean geometry, Galois theory, the proof of Fermat’s last theorem, as well as Cantor and Gödel’s breakthroughs in logic. However, some of the more commonplace achievements, such as the invention of calculus by Newton and its subsequent formalization a century later through $\epsilon \delta$ proofs, also possess a very intriguing narrative that involves not only mathematicians but also philosophers and theologians¹.

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History-of-Math Resources