Related links
Last update: May 29, 2008
General sites on constants
Specific constants
Around prime numbers
- The Prime
Pages: Prime number, research, records and resources by Chris Caldwell (Excellent!)
- Computational Number Theory: Very
interesting pages on computational research in prime numbers, prime gaps, twin
primes, ... by Thomas R. Nicely
- Mersenne Primes:
History, theorems and lists about Mersenne Primes by Chris Caldwell
- GIMPS: The
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, a
distributed computing project to find new huge Mersenne Primes
(available in several languages)
Computation
- GMP page: The
most popular multiprecision package, with impressive performances on large
numbers
- Multiprecision
page: From Paul Zimmermann. Includes links and
comparisons between several multiprecision packages
- The HFLOAT
page: Package by Jörg Arndt for computations
in multiprecision
- The apfloat
page: An easy to use and fast C++; arbitrary precision arithmetic
package by Mikko Tommila
- CLN: The
multi-precision number library from Bruno Haible
- Stu's Pi
page: A very nice p programs record sites
History and biographies
- Mathematicians: Mac Tutor History of Mathematics archive from the University
of St Andrews in Scotland; a very important collection of
biographies. By John J. O'Connor and Edmund F.
Robertson.
Following is a selection of biographies related to the site:
- The History of
Mathematics: Some of the original works from Riemann, Hamilton, Newton,
... It also includes many links to mathematical sites on most subjects. By
David R. Wilkins from Trinity College, Dublin
- Archimedes: An
interesting page on Archimedes' works and life by Ilan
Vardi
- Euler 2007:
Celebration of Leonhard Euler’s Tercentenary in 2007
- The Euler
Project: Some of the works of the great Leonhard Euler by Ed Sandifer
- Carl
Friedrich Gauss: Complete site on the mathematician
- Bernhard
Riemann: Very good and complete site on Riemann's biography by Dr. Dörte Haftendorn
- Mathematical
quotations: Excellent site from the Furman University and collected by
Mark R. Woodard. The site is entirely dedicated to
mathematical quotations
Other related mathematical sites
Tools
- tth: How to
convert your TEX files into a HTML file by Ian Hutchinson
- Ghostscript:
Interpreter and previewers for the PostScript language
- MiKTEX:
The reference tool for typesetting mathematical documents
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