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What was Euler's motivation for introducing $i$ for $\sqrt{-1}$?

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Did ancient/medieval non-European cultures have a concept of energy? If so, what are the similarities and differences to the modern concept?

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21 votes

What was the vis viva controversy, including its philosophical aspects?

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Examples of Kuhn loss?

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What specific problems motivated Poincaré's work on topology?

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Is the torus the union of two connected, simply-connected open sets?

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Is there a domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with finite non-trivial $\pi_1$ but $H_1=0$?

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Are all elliptic curves from $w^3 = \text{cubic}(z)$ isomorphic?

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Riemann surfaces of $w^3 = (z-a)(z-b)(z-c)$

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History of terminology: sheaves, presheaves, etc.

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Are there 3 trig functions or are there 6 trig functions?
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Hilbert's reaction to Gödel's incompleteness theorems
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The Abacus vs. the Electric Calculator (Nov 12, 1946): Why did the latter lose?
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The motivation for relativity theory
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speed of light measurement
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Active learning vs Passive learning in Math
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How come we attribute the general theory of relativity to Einstein?
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Was the phlogiston theory ahead of its time?
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