Famous problems
History of mathematics presented through
famous problems, with some exercises and their solutions. done in conjunction
with the math forum, the home of ask dr. math.
http://mathforum.org/isaac/mathhist.html
Egyptian Fractions
The egyptians wrote fractions as a sum of unit fractions of the form
1/n. why? how is it a better system than ours? how can we change our fractions into egyptian fractions?
these are answered on this page, designed for school-age students and others interested in the
fun side of number play.
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/personal/r.knott/fractions/egyptian.html
Earliest uses mathematical symbols
Earliest uses mathematical symbols
http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathsym.html
Hilbert's Mathematical Problems
Hilbert's Mathematical Problems
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/hilbert/toc.html
History quantum computing
History quantum computing
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~nd/surprise_97/journal/vol4/spb3/
Maya Mathematics
Maya Mathematics
http://www.michielb.nl/maya/math.html
Mathematics of China
Mathematics of China
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/china.html
Pi geschiedenis
Wiswijzer, wiskunde & wiskundeonderwijs
http://www.wiswijzer.nl/pagina.asp?nummer=130