The mystique of mathematics
There’s beauty to find in maths, and maths in beauty.
Mathematics is visible everywhere in nature, even where we are not expecting it. It can help explain the way galaxies...
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History
History: Al-Khwarizmi, maths master
Persian composed the oldest works on arithmetic and algebra.
Al-Khwarizmi featured on a stamp released by the then USSR in 1983 to mark what was considered the 1200th anniversary...
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David Harvey wins AustMS Medal
UNSW mathematician recognised by national society.
Associate Professor David Harvey demonstrating the old-school method of multiplication which is impractical when mult...
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History
Gladys West maps the future
She played a ‘pivotal role’ in a popular technology.
A brief item appeared on the Cosmos website on 6 March 2019 with the headlines “A mathematician, idolised”, and “GPS ...
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History: Otto Schmidt, Russian hero
He was a man of many talents, and many awards.
Otto Schmidt on a Russian stamp released in 1966.Credit: Post of the Soviet Union / Public domainIf Otto Yulyevi...
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Amalie Emmy Noether: Einstein’s mathematician
Overcame obstacles to become a towering mathematician.
Amalie Emmy Noether was born on 23 March 1882, in the Bavarian city of Erlangen. Her father, Max Noether, was called ...
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Multiplication problem solved
Will allow multiplication of huge numbers much faster.
A Sydney mathematician has cracked a maths problem that has stood for almost half a century which will enable compute...
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Unforgotten sisters: The comet calculator
Gabriella Bernardi profiles 18th century “savant calculatrice”.
The birthplace of Madame Nicole-Reine Lepaute was the prestigious Luxembourg Palace in Paris, the ancient seat of the...
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René Thom: Dalí’s favourite mathematician
Influence on philosophy and the course of modern art.
Not long ago academic engineer Allan McRobie visited a museum in Figueres, Spain, dedicated to Salvador Dalí, and ent...
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The inventor of abstract algebra
Mathematician Emmy Noether was a genius.
Noether’s Theorem is to theoretical physics what natural selection is to biology. If you wrote an equation encapsulat...
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Émilie du Châtelet: the woman science forgot
A gifted mathematician and Voltaire’s mistress.
A spirited debate raged in 18th century Europe about what was driving the movements of the planets. In England, Sir I...
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Seduced by calculus
2010 Fields Medal was won by a French mathematician.
The French mathematician Cédric Villaniis no ordinary looking university professor. Handsome and slender, with a boyi...