Glossary Index

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Index of Glossary terms

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abacus abelian or hyperelliptic function abelian group abundant number Alexander the Great algebra algebraic geometry algebraic number algebraic number field algebraic number theory algebraic topology

alternating group amicable numbers Ammonius analytic number theory Anaximander angle trisection annular eclipse apogee Apollodorus apotome Apuleius

Arcesilaus Archimedes' principle Archimedes' screw arithmetic progression associative astrolabe asymptote atomic theory automorphism group Axiom of choice azimuth

Bernoulli number beta function Bieberbach conjecture binomial

binomial coefficient binomial theorem biquadratic residue Boolean algebra

boundary value problem brachistochrone Burnside problem

Calcidius calculus of variations catenary catoptrics Catullus celestial equator celestial sphere character theory Cicero circumscribed

cohomology combination commensurable commutator compact compass variation composite number concentric spheres conformal mapping conic

conjunction continued fraction Continuum Hypothesis control theory coprime cosa cosmogony cosmology cubic equation cuboctahedron

Damascius declination deficient number Delian League Delphic oracle determinant Dialectic

difference equation differential equation differential geometry differential topology Diogenes Laertius Dionysius I Dionysius II

diophantine approximation diophantine equation discriminant docent dodecahedron duplicating the cube dynamical system

eccentric theory ecliptic ecliptic coordinates eigenvalue/vector/function Eleatic School ellipse elliptic function envelope

Epictetus Epicureans Epicurus epicycle equatorial coordinates equinox equivalent numbers ergodic theory

Escher's Pictures ethics Euclid of Megara euclidean algorithm Euler's conjecture evolute

factor group or quotient group factorial Fermat's last theorem Fibonacci sequence field

Fields Medal focus directrix four colour theorem Fourier analysis free group

functional analysis fundamental theorem of algebra fundamental group

Gaius Marius Galois theory game theory gamma function Gelfond's conjecture

general or point-set topology geometric progression Goldbach's conjecture golden ratio great circle

group group presentation gymnasium

habilitation heliocentric theory Heracleitus Herodotus Hilbert space

hippopede Homer homocentric spheres homology homotopy

hyperbola hypergeometric function hypotenuse

Iamblichus icosahedron idempotent infinitesimal inscribed

integral equation integral transform integrating factor intuitionism Invariant theory

involute irrational Isidorus isoperimetry

Kepler's problem

knot theory

Laplace transform

Laplace transform Laplace's equation Lie algebra Lie group

Lie ring linear group link Livy

locus loxodrome Lucian lune

magic square magnetic declination manifold Marcellus matrix

measure theory medial Menedemus of Pyrrha metaphysics method of exhaustion

Milky Way model theory modulo

Neoplatonist nilpotent nilpotent group

non-Euclidean non-standard analysis normal

normal subgroup The Rhind Papyrus number theory

obliquity of the ecliptic oblong number

occultation octahedron

opposition osculate

p- group Panaetius of Rhodes parabola parallax parallel postulate Parmenides partial differential equation pascal triangle Peloponnesian War perfect number Pericles

permutation permutation group Philolaus Plateau problem Pliny Plotinus Plutarch Poincaré conjecture polygonal number Pompey the Great potential/harmonic theory

precession of the equinoxes prime number prime number theorem primitive root probability theory projective geometry Propertius Protagoras pyramidal number

quadratic equation quadratic form quadratic number field quadratic reciprocity

quadratic residue quadrature quadric quantum mechanics

quartic equation quaternion quintic equation

radical rational rationalise reductio ad absurdum

refraction regular polyhedron representation theory rhetoric

Riemann hypothesis right ascension ring ruler and compass

Samaritan Sceptic semigroup sexagesimal sidereal year simple group Socrates Socrates Scholasticus solar system solstice soluble by radicals

soluble or solvable group Sophist Sosigenes special_function spectral theory Speusippus square number square the circle stadium statistical mechanics stereographic projection

Stoa Poikile Academy Stobaeus Stoic Strabo subgroup symmetric group symmetry group synodic month Syrianus

tangent tautochrone tensor tetrahedron Themistius theodolite

Theophrastus three body problem topological or continuous group topology transcendental transit

triangular number tropical year twin prime conjecture twisted cubic

vector space

Virgil

Vitruvius

wrangler

Zeno of Citium

zeta function

Zeno of Citium

zeta function

zodiac

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