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The Month in Math: July

Interested in the highlights from the historical world of mathematics for the month of July? How about the answers to these questions?

What famous mathematician wrote protesting against “the use of an infinite quantity as an actual entity; this is never allowed in mathematics.”?
Who was the first man to step foot on the moon during the month of July?

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Interested in the highlights from the historical world of mathematics for the month of June? How about the answers to these questions?

What famous mathematician received his Ph.D. on June 16 at the ripe old age of 22?
On what day is Discourse of the Method, by Rene Descartes, is published?

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Interested in the highlights from the historical world of mathematics for the month of May? How about the answers to these questions?

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Interested in the highlights from the historical world of mathematics for the month of April? How about the answers to these questions?

What famous mathematician (perhaps the most famous of them all) was born in the month of April? There are two possibilities for this one!
Which future U.S. president completed his own proof of the Pythagorean Theorem during the month of April?

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Interested in the highlights from the historical world of mathematics for the month of March? How about the answers to these questions?

My favorite mathematician is born this month. Who is he? Here’s a hint – “my brain is open.”
March 17 celebrates the anniversary of one of the most lopsided business deals in all of mathematical history. Who did it involve? What was the deal?

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