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    A
  1. Abacus
  2. Abscissa
  3. Absolute Value
  4. Abundant Numbers
  5. Accumulate
  6. Accurate
  7. Achilles and The Tortoise
  8. Achiral
  9. Acre
  10. Acute
  11. Ada, Computer Language
  12. Add
  13. Addend
  14. Adjacent
  15. Aeon
  16. Affine Geometry
  17. Agnesi's Witch curve
  18. Ahmes Papyrus
  19. Alabama Paradox - voting
  20. Alchemy
  21. Aleph-Null
  22. Algebra
  23. Algebraic Numbers
  24. Algorithm
  25. Aliquot Parts
  26. "All Models are Wrong" quote
  27. Altitude
  28. Altitude of triangle, Properties
  29. Amblygon
  30. Amicable Numbers or Pairs
  31. Amplitude
  32. Analemma
  33. Analogy
  34. Angle
  35. Angle Bisectors in a Triangle
  36. Angstrom (unit of length)
  37. Annual
  38. Annulus
  39. Annus Mirabilis - Newton's Miracle Year
  40. Anode - creation of the term
  41. Antares
  42. Antecedent
  43. Anti-Center
  44. Antiparallel
  45. Aphelion
  46. Apoapsis
  47. Apogee
  48. Apollonius Gasket
  49. Apollonius Point
  50. Apollonius Problem
  51. Apothem
  52. Apportionment
  53. Approval Voting
  54. Apse
  55. Apside
  56. Arbelos
  57. Arc
  58. Archimedes Square Dissection Puzzle
  59. Arc Sine or Sin-1
  60. Are
  61. Area
  62. Argand Diagrams
  63. Argument
  64. Arithmetic
  65. Arithmetical Frames; (old teaching devices)
  66. Arithmetic Books, Early American
  67. arithmetic Books, First North American
  68. Arms of a right triangle, blog about the development of the term
  69. Arrive
  70. Asses' Bridge
  71. Associative
  72. Astroid
  73. Astronaut
  74. Astronomical Unit / AU
  75. Asymptote
  76. Atlas
  77. Atom
  78. Aubel's Theorem
  79. Average
  80. Avoirdupois
  81. Axiom
  82. Axis

  83. B
  84. Babylonian Square Root Method
  85. Bacon, Francis; stained glass at Wren Library, Cambridge
  86. Bakhshali Manuscript
  87. Barometer
  88. Barrow, Isaac; stained glass at Trinity Chapel, Cambridge
  89. Barycenter
  90. Baryon
  91. Base
  92. Bayes' Theorem
  93. Beast, Number of (666)
  94. Bell Curve
  95. Bell's Numbers or Bell Numbers
  96. Benford's Law
  97. Bernoulli's Golden Theorem
  98. Bernoulli Numbers
  99. Bertrand's Postulate (a prime between n and 2n)
  100. The Big Bang
  101. bi-gon (two sided polygon?)
  102. Billion
  103. Bimedian of Quadrilateral
  104. Binary Numbers
  105. Binomial
  106. Binomial Coefficients
  107. Birthday Problem, notes on origin
  108. Bisect
  109. Bisectors (ANGLE) in a Triangle
  110. Blackboard, History of
  111. Additional notes on History of Blackboards and slates
  112. Bode's Law
  113. Bounds and Butts (land measure)
  114. Borda Voting
  115. Borrow (in Subtraction)
  116. Bottle Imp Paradox
  117. Bowditch Curves
  118. Box Plot
  119. Braces {} as Grouping Symbols
  120. Brachystochrone
  121. Brackets as Grouping Symbols
  122. "Bracket X", or Bracket Function
  123. Brahmagupta's Formula
  124. Brahmagupta's Identity on the sums of two squares
  125. Brahmagupta's Multiplication method
  126. Butts and Bounds (land measure)
  127. The Bride's Chair
  128. Bridge of Asses
  129. Brocard's Problem
  130. Bruns Constant
  131. Bureau

  132. C
  133. C, symbol for Radians
  134. Caduceus
  135. Calculate / Calculus
  136. Calendar
  137. Camera / Camera obscura
  138. Cardinal
  139. Cardinality
  140. Carat
  141. Cardioid
  142. Caret
  143. Carmichael Numbers
  144. Carnot's Theorem
  145. Carroll's Logic Diagrams (by Lewis Carroll)
  146. Carry (arithmetic)
  147. Casting out nines
  148. Casting out elevens
  149. Catalan Numbers
  150. Catenary
  151. Cathetus
  152. Cathode - creation of the term
  153. Cauchy distribution
  154. Ceiling Function,
  155. Census
  156. Center
  157. Centroid or Center of Gravity
  158. Century
  159. Ceres
  160. Cesaro-Stolz Theorem
  161. Ceva's Theorem
  162. Cevian
  163. Chain or Gunter's Chain
  164. Chain Reaction
  165. Chaos
  166. Check
  167. Check methods for arithmetic
  168. Chebyshev's theorem.(a prime between n and 2n)
  169. Chie-no-ita, Chinese puzzle
  170. Chilihedron
  171. Chinese Checkers
  172. Chinese Postman's Problem
  173. Chinese Square Root Method
  174. Chiral
  175. Chi Square
  176. Choose
  177. Chord
  178. Circle
  179. Circuit
  180. Circulate Numbers
  181. Circumcenter
  182. Circumcircle
  183. Circumference
  184. Circumscribe
  185. Class
  186. cloff, commercial discount
  187. Clue
  188. Coefficient
  189. Collatz's Problem
  190. Collinear
  191. Combinations
  192. Commandino's Theorem
  193. Commutative
  194. Compass
  195. Complementary
  196. Complete Graph
  197. Complete Oriented Graph
  198. Complex Fraction
  199. Complex Numbers
  200. Component
  201. Composite & Compound
  202. Compute
  203. Concurrent
  204. Concyclic
  205. Condorcet Voting
  206. Cone
  207. Confidence Interval
  208. Confounding Variables (statistics)
  209. Congruent
  210. Congruent Numbers
  211. Conic Section
  212. Conic Surface
  213. Conjecture
  214. Conjugate
  215. Conjugate Angles
  216. Consequent
  217. Constant
  218. Contact Triangle
  219. Continuous
  220. Converse
  221. Convex
  222. Coordinates
  223. Corollary
  224. Correct
  225. Correlation
  226. Correlation Coefficient
  227. Cosecant
  228. Cosine
  229. Cosines, Law of
  230. Cosine Circle (2nd Lemoine)
  231. Cosmic Rays
  232. Cosmos
  233. Coss and Cossists
  234. Cotangent
  235. Cotes, Roger; stained glass at Trinity Chapel, Cambridge
  236. Counting Boards
  237. Counting Numbers
  238. Crafoord Mathematical Prize
  239. Cramer's Rule
  240. Crescent
  241. Critical Points
  242. Cube
  243. Cube roots, by hand
  244. Cuisenaire rods
  245. Cumulative
  246. Curator
  247. Curtate Cycloid
  248. Cusp
  249. Cybernetics
  250. Cyclic Quadrangles (Quadrilateral)
  251. Cycloid
  252. Cylinder
  253. Cylindrical Projection, MAP

  254. D
  255. Dart, type of quadrilateral
  256. Data/Datum
  257. Dean
  258. Decade
  259. Des Cartes' Circle Thm
  260. Decimal Fractions
  261. Decimal Point & Decimal Comma
  262. Decimal Repeat Bar
  263. Decrease
  264. Degree
  265. Degrees, Why 360 in a circle?
  266. de Gua's Theorem.
  267. Deltoid
  268. Denominator
  269. Derangement
  270. Derivative
  271. Derive
  272. Determinant
  273. Deviation
  274. Devil's Curve
  275. Diagonal
  276. Diagram
  277. Diameter
  278. Diamond
  279. Dice / Die
  280. Dido's Problem
  281. Difference
  282. Difference symbol "~"
  283. Digit
  284. Digital Root
  285. Digon (two sided polygon?)
  286. Dimension
  287. Di-graph or Directed Graph
  288. Discount
  289. Discriminant
  290. Distance
  291. Divide
  292. Dividend
  293. Divide, Symbols for
  294. Divisor
  295. divisor function, sigmakn
  296. Dodecagon
  297. Dodecahedron
  298. Domain
  299. Dollar
  300. Dollar Symbol $
  301. Dot as symbol for multiplication
  302. Double Dummy
  303. Dozen
  304. Drawers of Dirichlet
  305. Droz-Farny Theorem
  306. Duplation and Mediation

  307. E
  308. e for 2.71828...
  309. East
  310. Edge
  311. Egyptian Multiplication
  312. Einstein's Biggest Blunder
  313. Electricity
  314. Electron
  315. Ellipse
  316. Ellipsis
  317. Ellipsoid
  318. Empty Set
  319. Enantiomorphic
  320. End of proof symbol,
  321. Early American Math Textbooks
  322. Eon
  323. Eocene
  324. Eohippus
  325. Equal
  326. = , Equal Symbol
  327. Equation
  328. Equiangular
  329. Equilateral
  330. Equivalent
  331. Ether
  332. Euclid's Algorithm at Cut-the-Knot
  333. Euler Circuits
  334. Euler Line
  335. Euler Path or Circuit
  336. Euler's Planer Graph Theorem (proof) V+F=E+2
  337. Excenter and Excircle
  338. Explementary
  339. Exponent
  340. Extrapolate

  341. F
  342. Factor & Factorial
  343. Factoring (as in "factoring a quadratic")
  344. Fagnano's Problem
  345. Fair division of Assets and Obligations, Discrete Math Notes
  346. February
  347. Fermat Point
  348. Fermat's Last Theorem
  349. Fermat's Little Theorem
  350. Feuerbach's Circle
  351. Fibonacci's Identity on the sums of two squares
  352. Fibonacci's Sequence
  353. Fields Medal
  354. The Fifteen Puzzle, a blog about that famous little sliding puzzle game that swept the world.... and a link to a FREE download to play.
  355. First
  356. Floor Function,
  357. Focus
  358. Folium
  359. Forest (planer graph)
  360. Formula
  361. Forty, (why there is no "U" in,)
  362. Four
  363. Fourth Proportional
  364. Fractal
  365. Fraction
  366. Fractional Exponents
  367. Fraction Bar
  368. Frequency
  369. Friday
  370. Friendly Numbers
  371. Frustum
  372. Function
  373. Fundamental Counting Theorem
  374. Furlong (length)

  375. G
  376. Galaxy
  377. Galley method of Division
  378. Gallon
  379. Gallows Function,
  380. Gamma Function
  381. President Garfield's Pythagorean Proof
  382. Gas
  383. Gaudi Magic Square
  384. Gauging
  385. Gelosie Multiplication
  386. Geoboard
  387. Geocenter
  388. Geometric Mean
  389. Geometry
  390. Geometry, Royal Road to?
  391. Gergonne Point / Triangle
  392. Gibbous (phases of moon)
  393. Gilbert, Unit of measure
  394. Girard's Thm
  395. Gnomen
  396. Googol
  397. Gougu Rule
  398. Grad - angle measurement
  399. Grade (of road, etc.)
  400. Graham's Number
  401. Gram, unit of weight(mass)
  402. Graph
  403. Graph Paper
  404. Graphic Solutions to Quadratic Equations
  405. Graph Theory
  406. Grave, early unit for Kilogram
  407. Greater Than Symbol
  408. Greatest Common Factor, Using Euclid's Algorthm at Cut-the-Knot
  409. Greatest Integer Function
  410. Grebe Point
  411. Gross
  412. Gunter's chain"
  413. Gunter's scale"

  414. H
  415. Half, 1/2
  416. Half-Period
  417. Halma, board game
  418. Halmos symbol,
  419. Hamilton's Apportionment Method
  420. Hamiltonian Circuits
  421. Hanoi, Tower of Puzzle
  422. Harmonic Mean
  423. Harmonic Sequence
  424. Hash symbol, #
  425. Haversine
  426. Hawthorne Effect
  427. Heap Paradox
  428. Hectare
  429. Height
  430. HemiSphere
  431. Hein, Piet
  432. The Helen of Geometers
  433. Helium
  434. Helix
  435. Hermetic Seal
  436. Heron's Formula or Hero's Formula
  437. Heronian Mean
  438. Heron's Problem
  439. Heteroscedastic
  440. Hex, the game
  441. Hexdecimal
  442. Hinge
  443. Hippocrates Lune
  444. Hippocratic Oath
  445. Histogram /Histograph
  446. History, Notes on Math teaching
  447. Hoehn's Thm
  448. Hollerith Cards
  449. Homoscedastic
  450. Hoppity, old Enlish board game
  451. Horizon / Horizontal
  452. Hornbooks
  453. Horsepower
  454. Hour
  455. Houses and Utilities Problem (proof)
  456. Hubble (Unit of distance)
  457. Hundred
  458. Hyperbola
  459. Hyperbole
  460. Hypercube
  461. Hypocycloid of Four Cusps
  462. Hypocycloid of Three Cusps
  463. Hypodermic
  464. Hypotenuse

  465. I
  466. i for square root of -1
  467. identity and symbol ≡
  468. Ides
  469. Idiot
  470. IFF symbol
  471. Imaginary Numbers
  472. Incenter and Incircle
  473. Increase
  474. Increment
  475. Index
  476. Induction, Inductive Proof
  477. Inequality Symbols
  478. Infinitesimul
  479. Infinity
  480. Infinity Symbol
  481. Imperial Gallon
  482. Inscribe
  483. Int Function
  484. Integer
  485. Interpolate
  486. Interval
  487. interquartile range
  488. Inverse Sine or Sin-1
  489. Inverse Square Law
  490. Iodine
  491. Ion - creation of the term
  492. IQR
  493. Irrational Numbers
  494. Iridium
  495. Iris
  496. Ishango Bone
  497. Isogon - Isogonic Lines, Points, Symmetry
  498. Isometry
  499. Isomorphic
  500. Isomorphic symbol,
  501. Isoperimetric
  502. Isopleure, Isopleuron
  503. Isosceles
  504. Italian Method of Division

  505. J
  506. January
  507. Japanese Tangram type puzzle
  508. Jefferson's Apportionment Method
  509. Jerk
  510. Johnson's Theorem
  511. Josephus Problems
  512. Julia Set

  513. K
  514. Kaprekar Numbers
  515. Karat
  516. Kilogram Mass and Force
  517. Klein Bottle
  518. Kissing Circles Theorem
  519. Kite
  520. Knot, (Unit of speed)
  521. Knots and Knot Theory
  522. Kurschak's Theorem
  523. Kurtosis

  524. L
  525. Lame's Numbers
  526. Lattice Multiplication
  527. latus rectum
  528. lb, Pound
  529. Law of Cosines
  530. Law of Large Numbers
  531. Law of Sines
  532. Law of Tangents
  533. League (measure of distance)
  534. Leg
  535. Lemma
  536. Lemniscate
  537. Lemoine Point / Circles
  538. Lens (intersection of two circles)
  539. Leptokurtic
  540. Less Than Symbol
  541. l'Hospital's Rule
  542. Liar's Paradox
  543. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
  544. Lill Circle, A Graphic Solution to Quadratic Equations
  545. Limacon
  546. Limit
  547. Line
  548. Lissajous Figures
  549. ln for natural logarithm
  550. Loculus of Archimedes
  551. Locus
  552. Logarithm
  553. Log-line (instrument for nautical speed)
  554. Long Ton
  555. Lotka's Law
  556. Loxodrome
  557. Lozenge
  558. Lucas Sequence
  559. Ludolph's Number
  560. Lune
  561. Lurking Variables (statistics)

  562. M
  563. "m" for Slope
  564. Macron
  565. Magic Squares
  566. Magnetic Declanation Map (first)
  567. Magnitude
  568. Maltitudes
  569. Mantissa
  570. Matrix
  571. Mars
  572. Mathbooks, Early American
  573. Mathematics
  574. Mathot's Point
  575. Maximum
  576. Mean
  577. Mean Proportional
  578. Measure
  579. Measuring Four Gallons using a Five and Three Gallon Jug, some history (Blog)
  580. Medial Triangle
  581. Median (Origin & statistics)
  582. Medians of a Triangle
  583. Menelaus' Thm
  584. Mercator Projection, MAP
  585. Mercury
  586. Merels, the game
  587. Merhkat
  588. Meter
  589. Metric Ton
  590. Micromort
  591. Mil or Mill (1/1000)
  592. Mile
  593. Million
  594. Minor
  595. Minuend
  596. Minus
  597. Minute
  598. Miquel's Point & Theorem
  599. Miquel's Pentagon Theorem
  600. Mobius Strip
  601. Mode
  602. Modulus
  603. Mollweide Equations
  604. Monge's Theorem on common tangents of circles
  605. Monge's Point
  606. Monomial
  607. Monte Carlo Method
  608. Months and their Names
  609. Morley's Theorem
  610. Morris, (Nine Men's-) the game
  611. Moscow Papyrus
  612. Mu, , for the average
  613. Multiple Factorial
  614. multiplicand
  615. Multiplication (Ancient/Old methods)
  616. multiplier
  617. multiply
  618. Myriad