Timeline for Papers that debunk common myths in the history of mathematics
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| May 28, 2020 at 2:58 | comment | added | Zach Teitler | What was this linear algebra text that had no errors in the text?! | |
| Mar 10, 2017 at 9:42 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://upload.wikimedia.org/ with https://upload.wikimedia.org/
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| Jun 2, 2010 at 14:14 | history | edited | Victor Protsak | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
loaded picture, p.s.
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| Jun 1, 2010 at 11:51 | comment | added | darij grinberg | Great. Apparently medieval artists had a similar lack of clue about ancient Greece as the ones of today have about the Middle Ages. ;) | |
| Jun 1, 2010 at 7:32 | comment | added | Victor Protsak | It's easy: fake Euclid is wearing a bandana! Also, EVCLIDI MEGAREN should be a bit of a clue. | |
| Jun 1, 2010 at 7:03 | comment | added | José Hdz. Stgo. | It's difficult not to get confused here. Both Euclids look the same to me. Both of them have long beards, they both are holding a compass, etc. In the Legendre case the situation was easier: the fake Legendre had a wig whereas the real one did not. | |
| Jun 1, 2010 at 4:49 | comment | added | Victor Protsak | To debunk: Behold! | |
| Jun 1, 2010 at 4:42 | history | answered | Victor Protsak | CC BY-SA 2.5 |