The University of St Andrews' MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, a peer-built biographical and historical reference maintained by the School of Mathematics and Statistics; the standard scholarly first stop for a mathematician's life and the historical context of a result.
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PublisherUniversity of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and Statistics
URLhttps://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/
Source TypeReference Work
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MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
University of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and StatisticsView the Source Claims Backed By This Source (697 claims)
This source backs 697 claims across the atlas. As facts: 501 well-attested, 1 partially Attested, 16 scholarly debate, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 73 holds, 48 connected. Plus 57 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Mathematicians, 373 claims: 311 well-attested, 12 scholarly debate, 1 open question, 35 holds, 14 general references.
- Articles, 101 claims: 80 well-attested, 6 holds, 15 general references.
- Concepts, 76 claims: 30 well-attested, 1 partially Attested, 1 scholarly debate, 10 holds, 22 connected, 12 general references.
- Theorems, 63 claims: 28 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 12 holds, 13 connected, 7 general references.
- Branches of Mathematics, 38 claims: 22 well-attested, 1 holds, 9 connected, 6 general references.
- Conjectures, 27 claims: 15 well-attested, 9 holds, 2 connected, 1 general references.
- Open Questions, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
Well-attested
501Showing 51 to 97 of 97 entities carrying this claim.
General References
57Showing 1 to 50 of 54 entities carrying this claim.
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