University of St Andrews - Scotland's first university, founded 1413

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A Tutorial Introduction To AXIOM
By Martin N. Dunstan.
http://www.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~mnd/documentation/axiom_tutorial/axiom.html
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(UK) University of St. Andrews
Analysis Research Group. Members, research interests.
http://www-maths.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/pg/pure/Analysis/
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(UK) University of St Andrews
Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling.
http://www.creem.st-and.ac.uk/
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Wallis, John (1616-1703)
Contributed substantially to the origins of calculus and was the most influential mathematician before Newton.
http://turnbull.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Wallis.html
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Scottish Mathematical Council (SMC)
The main objectives of the Council are to foster and improve mathematical education at all levels, and to encourage the advancement and application of mathematics throughout Scotland. Among other activities, the SMC publishes an annual Journal and orga
http://www-maths.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~smc/
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SMC Mathematical Web Sites
Scottish Mathematics Council website listing: puzzle pages, resource sites for teachers, mathematical organisations, tricks and cartoons, fact pages, mathematical encyclopaedias.
http://www-maths.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~smc/SMClinks.html
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Famous Curves
About 60 famous mathematical graphs or curves drawn by applets.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Java/index.html
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Apollonius of Perga (c. 262-190 B.C.)
known as 'The Great Geometer', great influence on the development of mathematics, famous book Conics introduced terms such as parabola, ellipse and hyperbola.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Apollonius.html
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Steiner, Jakob (1796-1863)
Was one of the greatest contributors to projective geometry.
http://turnbull.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Steiner.html
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Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard (1826-1866)
Theory of functions, non-Euclidian geometry, relativity theory, Famous for the Riemann hypothesis about the behavior of zeros of the Riemann zeta function, which he showed determines the distribution of prime numbers.
http://turnbull.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Riemann.html
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