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Why is Linear Programming is called 'programming' instead of 'optimization'?

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Why is Linear Programming is called 'programming' instead of 'optimization'?

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score 80 · Answer 2 · 2026-04-11 22:04:47

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How could Euler's constant e be used in math tables and approximations before e was known?

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score 178 · Answer 3 · 2026-03-26 14:31:36

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Non-Euclidean geometry: any practical use at the times of Gauss?

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score 75 · Answer 4 · 2026-04-11 22:58:05

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How did Green's Theorem emerged?

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score 153 · Answer 5 · 2026-04-10 16:38:58

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Grothendieck's quote about the importance of ideas

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score 103 · Answer 6 · 2026-04-13 16:05:30

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Were the real irreducible polynomials understood before complex numbers were developed

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score 175 · Answer 7 · 2026-04-12 04:50:48

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Reference request: which theorems are "interesting" to mathematicians?

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score 503 · Answer 8 · 2026-04-13 14:02:26

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Original source of "precise" ε-δ (epsilon-delta) formal definition of a limit?

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score 106 · Answer 9 · 2022-09-07 17:19:15

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Why is $\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x\partial x}$ equal to $\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x^2}$ and not $\frac{\partial^2 f}{(\partial x)^2}$?

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score 87 · Answer 10 · 2026-04-09 18:32:52

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Why the Rhind papyrus contains representations only to fractions of the form $2/n$?

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score 262 · Answer 11 · 2026-04-12 23:13:42

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Why are absolutely continuous measures called that way?

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score 408 · Answer 12 · 2026-04-09 00:38:33

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What is Chow's lemma really about?

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score 350 · Answer 13 · 2026-04-13 09:10:08

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Why is the "implication" operation in mathematical logic called "implication"?

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score 216 · Answer 14 · 2026-04-12 04:50:47

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Why do we also call the roots of the polynomial that cannot be solved by radicals "algebraic"?

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score 67 · Answer 15 · 2026-04-13 17:42:27

Which mathematician (or theoretician), while ill, applied great mental efforts, saying only intense concentration enabled him to tolerate the pain?

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Why is Linear Programming is called 'programming' instead of 'optimization'?

How could Euler's constant e be used in math tables and approximations before e was known?

Non-Euclidean geometry: any practical use at the times of Gauss?

How did Green's Theorem emerged?

Grothendieck's quote about the importance of ideas

Were the real irreducible polynomials understood before complex numbers were developed

Reference request: which theorems are "interesting" to mathematicians?

Original source of "precise" ε-δ (epsilon-delta) formal definition of a limit?

Why is $\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x\partial x}$ equal to $\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x^2}$ and not $\frac{\partial^2 f}{(\partial x)^2}$?

Why the Rhind papyrus contains representations only to fractions of the form $2/n$?

Why are absolutely continuous measures called that way?

What is Chow's lemma really about?

Why is the "implication" operation in mathematical logic called "implication"?

Why do we also call the roots of the polynomial that cannot be solved by radicals "algebraic"?

Which mathematician (or theoretician), while ill, applied great mental efforts, saying only intense concentration enabled him to tolerate the pain?

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