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How Calculus Was Invented Twice (and Why People Got Mad)

1/7/20265 min read

How Calculus Was Invented Twice (and Why People Got Mad)

Mathematics History

By Iurii Storozhenko

Two side-by-side results where group comparisons favor A, but the overall comparison favors B

1/2/20264 min read

Simpson’s Paradox: How “The Data” Can Prove the Opposite

By Iurii Storozhenko

Évariste Galois writing by candlelight, papers filled with simple symmetry sketches

12/31/20254 min read

Galois: The Teenager Who Solved Equations by Staring at Their Symmetries

Mathematics History

By Iurii Storozhenko

A minimalist map-like river scene with islands and bridges, drawn as clean nodes and lines

12/21/20254 min read

The Bridge Puzzle That Invented Graph Theory

By Iurii Storozhenko

A surreal staircase of glowing numbers vanishing into infinity, hinting at an unexpected result

12/21/20254 min read

Ramanujan’s “1 + 2 + 3 + … = −1/12”: True, False, and Weirdly Useful

By Iurii Storozhenko

Non-Euclidean geometry illustration comparing Euclidean, hyperbolic, and spherical triangles

12/16/20255 min read

When Parallel Lines Stopped Behaving

By Iurii Storozhenko

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