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Finding the shape of least resistance: Isaac Newton's original handwritten calculations from 1694

I thought this community might appreciate something we recently acquired at Sotheby's. These are original, handwritten mathematical calculations by Sir Isaac Newton, dating to May 1694....

Are mathematicians appreciated and respected in your country?

Hello, Im a math undergrad from Azerbaijan. Before choosing my major, I decided to advise with some professors from a regular Azerbaijani university( neither the...

Heres an interesting variation of the Monty Hall problem I thought of: Misinformed Monty

So in the classic Monty hall problem, Monty knows which door has the car and always reveals a goat. This creates a 1/3 chance to...

Curves over F_p with too many automorphisms

Random-ish question. Why do roquette curves/curves over F_p with too many automorphisms appear/exist? I understand "manually" why they appear (i.e. I can follow a construction...