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4 posts tagged "History"
The life of David Hilbert, whose famous 23 problems set the agenda for twentieth-century mathematics, and whose vision of formalism, axiomatics, and the unity of mathematics transformed the discipline forever.
The history, significance, and controversies of the Fields Medal — who wins it, why the age limit matters, and what it tells us about the culture of mathematics.
We trace the 358-year history of Fermat's Last Theorem — from Fermat's tantalizing margin note to Andrew Wiles's monumental proof via elliptic curves and modular forms — and explain the mathematical ideas that made the proof possible.
The life and staggering output of Leonhard Euler, the most prolific mathematician in history, whose work touched every branch of mathematics and established conventions we still use today.