geometry
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There is one topic in calculus (that has led me to research and discuss our next mathematician today) that often separates students into ordinary and extraordinary: the differentiation and integration of polar curves. The transition to polar coordinates from the Cartesian plane feels weird to an unnatural extent. The traditional x and y axes are…
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Today is the one-year anniversary of Beautiful Minds of Math! As I progress into a second year of writing posts on this blog, I wanted to cover and celebrate an influential yet humble mathematician who inspired many to explore math: Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian mathematician and the first woman to receive the Fields Medal in…
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After recently pondering the elegant subtleties of zero, the notion that “the existence of nothing is required to define something”, I was reminded of one of the most pivotal figures in mathematical history: Brahmagupta, the 7th-century Indian mathematician who revolutionized math by fully developing zero as a number. While many have heard that “Arab mathematicians…
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