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History and philosophy of mathematics, biographies of mathematicians, mathematics education, recreational mathematics, communication of mathematics.

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First use of term "Hilbert's Nullstellensatz"

The post below first appeared on hsm.stackexchange over a week ago and has received no answers there yet, so by now I think it is okay to ask it here. This year (2021) marks the 100th anniversary of E …
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Definitive source about Dirichlet finally proving the Unit Theorem in the Sistine Chapel

(This question was posted on math.stackexchange a week ago at https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/187315/definitive-source-about-dirichlet-finally-proving-the-unit-theorem-in-the-sistinbut and st …
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who fixed the topology on ideles?

I am teaching a course leading up to Tate's thesis and I told the students last week, when defining ideles, that the first topology that was put on the ideles was not so good (e.g., it was not Hausdor …
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