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Beneath a stone no water flows

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:17:14 +0000

Recently, I've been reading and solving problems from a Russian publication by A. V. Shapovalov. As is now customary with popular books, in this book too every chapter is preceded by a suggestive epigraph cuing the reader to the content of the chapter. Every chapter in the book contains solved examples and exercises that come [...]

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Enchanted by Fascinating Mathematical People

admin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:04:16 +0000

This is a beautifully illustrated collection of interviews and biographical etudes of 16 mathematicians of different backgrounds, varied professional interests, diverse level of achievement - all incredibly interesting as human beings. The sixteen interviewees lived and were active in the 1900s, though some are yet alive; the stories throw light - if only in the [...]

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2x1 rectangle to a square by Socrates

admin — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:38:25 +0000

In a recent post, I have implied that Socrates new how to dissect a 2×1 rectangle into a square. There is actually no evidence that he did. However, he certainly knew how to produce a square half the area of a given one. How would he relate the two problems? A sangaku tablet has preserved [...]

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