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For questions concerning the history of mathematical education and the use of historical topics in teaching mathematics.

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When did US mathematics programs start failing to prepare incoming students for books like "...

Opinion. There never was a generation of high school students in the US who could jump right into Rudin. There would be (and still is) a small portion of the top high school graduates who could. An …
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Earliest real-world uses of Calculus and Linear Algebra

The Mercator projection (1569). This map projection revolutionized naval navigation. The vertical coordinate $y$ depends on the latitude $\varphi$. In modern language, it is the integral of the secan …
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