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math.HO2026
On the Babylonian Division of Trapezoids
Franz Lemmermeyer
We discuss the Babylonian division of trapezoids and the construction of such trapezoids with rational sides and transversals from Pythagorean triples.
math.HO2022
Hermite's identity and the quadratic reciprocity law
Franz Lemmermeyer
We give a short proof of the quadratic reciprocity law using Gauss's Lemma and Hermite's identity.
math.HO2021★ 1 cited
Gotthold Eisenstein and Philosopher John
Franz Lemmermeyer
Before the recent publication of the correspondence between Gauss and Encke, nothing was known about the role that John Taylor, a cotton merchant from Liverpool, had played in the…
math.HO2013
On Leonardo da Vinci's proof of the Theorem of Pythagoras
Franz Lemmermeyer
We show that Leonardo da Vinci's well known proof of the Pythagorean theorem is due to Mayer and not to da Vinci.