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Mathematical Treasures
- miguelisolano 7y agoOxford's Bodleian library also recently (partially) opened its post-1500s books and manuscripts collection online: https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk (Doesn't include their famous illuminated medieval manuscripts collection though.)
- smacktoward 7y agoThis index only includes “treasures” from two collections - there’s a more comprehensive index here: https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/index-to-mathematical-treasures https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/index-to-m... My personal favorite is this one, the only mathematical proof ever published by a U.S. President — James A. Garfield’s 1876 proof of the Pythagorean Theorem: https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasure-james-a-garfields-proof-of-the-pythagorean-theorem https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematic...