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Problems from Another Time

Individual problems from throughout mathematics history, as well as articles that include problem sets for students.

To Simplify, or Not To Simplify? A Lesson from Medieval Iraq: Appendix - Student Exercises
Exercises for students that explore a cube root algorithm from a Medieval Islamic source
Servois' 1817 "Memoir on Quadratures" – Challenge Problems for Numerical Analysis Students
A set of challenge exercises based on an Servois' "Memoir on Quadratures," for  use in a numerical analysis course
A Classic from China: The Nine Chapters - The First Six Chapters
Ratio and Proportion
A Classic from China: The Nine Chapters - Introduction and History
Introduction
A Classic from China: The Nine Chapters
... with problems to solve from throughout the book
Al-Maghribî’s Mecca Problem Meets Sudoku – Exercises on the Mecca Problem
Exercises Exercise 1. Prove Proposition 1. Exercise 2. Prove Corollary 1.
Al-Maghribî’s Mecca Problem Meets Sudoku – A Generalization of the Mecca Problem
In this section we will consider a generalization of the problem.
Al-Maghribî’s Mecca Problem Meets Sudoku – The Statement and Solution of the Mecca Problem
Early 17th century puzzle from Istanbul has much in common with modern day Sudoku.
Al-Maghribî’s Mecca Problem Meets Sudoku
Use your next Sudoku solution to solve an early 17th century puzzle from Istanbul.
Geometrical Representation of Arithmetic Series – Introduction
... in Sanskrit arithmetic texts.

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