The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive is an award-winning website maintained by John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson and hosted by the University of St Andrews in Scotland. The University of St Andrews is the oldest University in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It contains detailed biographies on many historical and contemporary mathematicians, as well as information on famous curves, and various topics in the history of mathematics. A biography (from the Greek words bíos (βίος meaning "life" and gráphein (γράφειν meaning "to write" is an account A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of Mathematics. In Mathematics, the concept of a curve tries to capture the intuitive idea of a geometrical one-dimensional and continuous object The area of study known as the history of mathematics is primarily an investigation into the origin of new discoveries in Mathematics and to a lesser extent an investigation
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References
- Review and description of the MacTutor at the CM magazine (Volume III Number 17 April 25, 1997)
- Short review of the MacTutor at Convergence MAA
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The Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based Database that gives an Academic genealogy based on Dissertation supervision relations MathWorld is an online Mathematics reference work created and largely written by Eric W PlanetMath is a free, collaborative online Mathematics Encyclopedia. The Mathematical Association of America ( MAA) is a professional society that focuses on Mathematics accessible at the undergraduate levelDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic