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Hungarian tables: mathematics article | Tangente
Combined events in athletics, such as the decathlon, require a way of comparing results across different disciplines. Scoring tables were therefore developed from statistical data and are regularly updated to reflect changes in human physical development.

The scant remainder of Euclidean division
When we divide a by n using Euclidean division, we obtain a remainder. This remainder can take only a limited range of values: there are just n of them. This new perspective can simplify many calculations and cast a whole host of problems in a different light!

Beneath the paving stones… mathematics – Ancient mathematical instruments | Tangente
Counting, measuring and building: these were the mathematical aims of the Ancients. To achieve them, they created instruments that archaeologists have since unearthed.

Napier's bones: multiply without tables | Tangente
With the advent of calculators and, later, smartphones, people have become less and less likely to work out a multiplication, division or square root by hand. Yet for centuries this was a problem, inspiring a host of ingenious ways to streamline calculations. One such invention was Napier's bones, which effectively automated multiplication.
