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Who discovered the winding number?
Grünbaum and Shephard suggest that the winding numbers (for closed polygons) have been discussed in the literature at least since 1769.
See
A.L.F. Meister, Generalia de genesi figurarum planarum …
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Surface equivalent of catenary curve
A model equation for an inextensible, flexible, heavy surface in a gravitational field was deduced by Poisson Lagrange and later the problem was also studied by Poisson (see the references in the link …
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The classical Krein-Rutman theorem
"Topological Vector Spaces" by Helmut Schaefer contains a thorough treatment of the classical Krein-Rutman theorem for compact positive operators in an ordered Banach space along with several general …
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Are there smooth bodies of constant width?
Fillmore showed that there are sets of constant width in $\mathbb R^d$ with analytic boundaries which have a trivial symmetry group (so these are very different from spheres;
see "Symmetries of surfac …
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What are "classical groups"?
Such a definition (but not the definition, I suppose) can be found in Clifford Algebras and the Classical Groups by Ian Porteous (see Chapt. 13).
It is based on the classification of real algebra an …
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Invertibility of the Laplacian
A careful exposition can be found in "Analytic Semigroups and Semilinear Initial Boundary Value Problems" by Kazuaki Taira.
He considers the mixed boundary value problem
$$\begin{cases} A u=f & \mb …
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How to "globalize" the inverse function theorem?
There exist several known global implicit function theorems. Those results tend to be tailored for specific applications. It seems to be rather difficult to state a universally useful one-size-fits-al …
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Quantitative bounds for multivariate central limit theorem
There is a bunch of such statements which can be obtained by Stein's method.
You might be interested in the paper "On the Rate of Convergence in the Multivariate CLT" by Gotze, which is specifically …
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On the number of Archimedean solids
A proof of the enumeration theorem for the Archimedean solids (which basically dates back to Kepler) can be found in the beautiful book "Polyhedra" by P.R. Cromwell (Cambridge University Press 1997, p …
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English or French translation of Gauss' "Summatio Quarumdam Serierum Singularium"
"The determination of Gauss sums" by Berndt and Evans (Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Vol. 5, Number 2 (1981), 107-129.) contains an exposition of the original proof due to Gauss. It also includes a short hi …
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What are Central Limit Theorems and why are they called so?
From the introduction to History of the Central Limit Theorem: From Laplace to Donsker by Hans Fischer:
The term “central limit theorem” most likely traces back to Georg Pólya. As he
recapitulat …
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Knaster-Kuratowski-Mazurkiewicz (KKM ) Thoerem
There is a book devoted entirely to KKM theory and its applications. It contains
an outline of the classical KKM theorem as well as a number of generalizations. Another standard reference is "Fixed p …
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Rolling a convex body: Geodesics vs. rolling curves
The rolling motion of a convex symmetric body on a horizontal plane is a classical problem. In the symmetric case, Chaplygin was the first who showed that the full equations of motion can be reduced t …
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Dirichlet series expansion of an analytic function
A.F. Leont'ev continued to work on general Dirichlet series well into 1980s (until his death in 1987). Actually, he published three monographs on the subject from 1976 to 1983! He made a short summary …
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approximately linear functions
Let $E$ and $E'$ be Banach spaces. Mappings $f:E\to E'$, which satisfy the inequality
$$\|f(x + y) − f(x) − f(y)\| \leq\epsilon$$
for all $x, y \in E$, are called $\epsilon$-additive (or approximate …