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

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The $2\pi$ in the definition of the Fourier transform

There are several conventions for the definition of the Fourier transform on the real line. 1 . No $2\pi$. Fourier (with cosine/sine), Hörmander, Katznelson, Folland. $ \int_{\bf R} f(x) e^{-ix\xi} …
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What is the oldest open problem in mathematics?

What is the oldest open problem in mathematics? By old, I am referring to the date the problem was stated. Browsing Wikipedia list of open problems, it seems that the Goldbach conjecture (1742, every …
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author of a paradoxical decomposition of the interval

I am looking for the original author and the date of publication of the following result. Theorem There exist subsets $E_i\subset [0,1)$, $i\in {\bf Z}$, pairwise disjoints and real numbers $a_i$ suc …
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Early successes of Schwartz distribution theory

What are the early successes of Schwartz distributions theory? What are the hard theorems that became simple and what open problems were solved with this new tool soon after Laurent Schwartz released …
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