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HOM SIGMAA 2011 Student Paper Contest Winners

Download the three winning essays to learn about Kepler's mathematical astronomy, the roots of modern algebra, and the Quadrivium of Isidore of Seville.

A Room with a View

Find the height of a window.

A History of Mathematics: Brief Version
A brief version of the author's well-known history of mathematics text.
On Triangles, by Regiomontanus
On Triangles, by Regiomontanus (Johannes M�ller) (1436-1476), written in 1464 but not published until 1533.
Milestones of Mathematics
Two posters illustrating the major milestones in the history of mathematics, from the first ideas of "number" to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
Proportionality in Similar Triangles: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

A comparison of the Greek and Chinese approach to the idea of similarity.

A Plague of Ratios
The story of Nicolaus Mercator, music, and logarithms.
Under Siege

One hundred men besieged in a castle, have sufficient food to allow each one bread to the weight of 14 lot a day for ten months.

Who's That Mathematician? Images from the Paul R. Halmos Photograph Collection
Page 10: Courant through D'Ambrosio
From Calculus to Computers

A collection of articles on using the history of mathematics of the past 200 years in the undergraduate classroom.

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