#mathhistory — Public Fediverse posts
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📖🤓 Ah, the riveting world of math symbols—because obviously, everyone is desperate to know why their #calculator has more obscure squiggles than a modern #art exhibit. 😴🔢 Dr. Drang's deep dive into Rojas's dusty tome is surely what the Internet was clamoring for—because who doesn't want to cozy up with a thrilling bedtime story about the Ampersand? 💤📚
https://leancrew.com/all-this/2025/06/math-symbol-frequencies/ #mathsymbols #mathhistory #DrDrang #Rojas #HackerNews #ngated -
OMG, it took humanity 100 years to solve a math problem that today’s students learn in a week?! 🤯 Must've been a wild ride from "How do we map this circle with straight lines?" to "Oops, we solved it by accident!" 🗺️📜 Guess Mercator should've just waited for the next edition of "Calculus for Dummies!" 📚🤣
https://liorsinai.github.io/mathematics/2020/08/27/secant-mercator.html #mathhistory #education #mathproblems #problemSolving #calculus #funfacts #HackerNews #ngated -
100 Years to Solve an Integral (2020)
https://liorsinai.github.io/mathematics/2020/08/27/secant-mercator.html
#HackerNews #100YearsToSolveAnIntegral #Integral #Mathematics #SecantMercator #HackerNews #MathHistory