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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

Benford’s Law infographic showing a large “1,” a descending bar chart of first-digit frequencies from 1 to 9, and the text “30.1% start with 1” on a dark blue background.

12/14/20256 min read

Benford’s Law: Why Real-Life Numbers Start With 1 (and How Fraud Gets Caught)

By Iurii Storozhenko

The Curve That Beats a Straight Line

12/14/20256 min read

The Curve That Beats a Straight Line

By Iurii Storozhenko

Remainders, Primes, and Hidden Patterns: Number Theory’s Greatest Hits

12/14/20255 min read

Remainders, Primes, and Hidden Patterns: Number Theory’s Greatest Hits

By Iurii Storozhenko

Graphic showing the equation 0.999… = 1 with a number line where 0.9, 0.99, and 0.999 approach 1.

12/13/20255 min read

The Weirdest True Statement in Basic Math

By Iurii Storozhenko

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