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History and philosophy of mathematics, biographies of mathematicians, mathematics education, recreational mathematics, communication of mathematics.
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When has pure mathematics been influenced by the social context of mathematicians?
Certainly probability falls under this scope. Cardano's secretive work on the subject was done to help him in his professional gambling career. Soon after that, Pascal and Fermat worked out the notion …
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How the Fast Fourier Transform got its name
Turning my comment above into an answer, for those who don't have acces to the article.
Huang's one page paper is satirical, and explains why the algorithm is named after what is does instead of who …
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