From Recorde's 'The Whetstone of Witte' (1557). "The fruitful table, which may be called the table of ease".
— Jo Morgan (@mathsjem) March 21, 2019
There are some awesome words in this table. Check out number 16. And 'squares of cubicubes'. pic.twitter.com/mhGOTD0LFB
My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
A Mathematical 'Table of Ease' from 1557
Note: "squares of zenzicubes"!
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