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Gougu puzzle: the Chinese proof of Pythagoras | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Dudeney's puzzle: triangle-to-square dissection | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Clairaut puzzle: Pythagoras without algebra | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Bhâskara's puzzle: visual proof of Pythagoras' theorem | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Al-Nayrizi's puzzle: Pythagoras by tiling | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Abul Wafa's puzzle: square trisection | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Knuth's arrows: large numbers in mathematics | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
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Louis Puissant (1769–1843): engineer-geographer | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Power of a point with respect to a circle | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
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Victor Puiseux (1820–1883): complex functions | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
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Ptolemy: the Almagest and epicycles
Mar 16, 2026
Pseudo-square: equal, perpendicular diagonals | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Euler pseudoprime: advanced primality test | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Prerequisites: key knowledge needed before learning | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
SI prefixes: kilo, mega, giga and binary | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Precession of the equinoxes: 26,000-year cycle | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Alcuin's propositions: 53 medieval problems | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Sanson–Flamsteed projection | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
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Gaspard de Prony, engineer and mathematician | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026
Ptolemy's projections and ancient cartography | Tangente
Mar 16, 2026