User contributions for Shootingstarsa
A user with 23 edits. Account created on 26 April 2023.
31 July 2023
- 15:2415:24, 31 July 2023 diff hist −1 m Very Short Introductions Corrected Spelling
17 July 2023
- 15:5115:51, 17 July 2023 diff hist +329 Hyper CD-ROM Made it clear that this technology is claimed and likely does not exist as it has extraordinary claims without evidence. Removed various uncited claims.
- 15:4315:43, 17 July 2023 diff hist −67 Eugen Pavel Made various edits to make it clear that this technology is unproven, has vanished from contemporary science, and is quite possibly not real. Also made a series of other clean ups and clarifications.
14 June 2023
- 15:2615:26, 14 June 2023 diff hist +57 Niels Henrik Abel →Contributions to mathematics: Added link to page on Abel-Ruffini theorem Tag: Visual edit
13 June 2023
- 14:4014:40, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1 Annales de Gergonne Corrected Date of publishing Tag: Visual edit
- 09:0309:03, 13 June 2023 diff hist +2 m Étienne Bézout →Legacy Tag: Visual edit
12 June 2023
- 14:3514:35, 12 June 2023 diff hist −202 Maria Gaetana Agnesi →Witch of Agnesi: Corrected and clarified origin of 'Witch' Tag: Visual edit
- 14:0114:01, 12 June 2023 diff hist −5 m Maria Gaetana Agnesi →Recognition: Further cleanup Tag: Visual edit
- 14:0114:01, 12 June 2023 diff hist −59 Maria Gaetana Agnesi →Recognition: Removed repeated information and cleaned up text to make it more readable Tag: Visual edit
9 June 2023
- 10:0710:07, 9 June 2023 diff hist +119 Infinity →17th century: corrected date of publishing and cited Tag: Visual edit
8 June 2023
- 17:0517:05, 8 June 2023 diff hist +276 History of logarithms →Napier's wonderful invention: clarified the publication date of the original text as 1619 and the english translation as 1620 Tag: Visual edit
- 16:5916:59, 8 June 2023 diff hist −59 John Napier →Life: Removed what appears to be vandalism referring to a meme of 200 IQ. This was on it's face nonsensical and did not appear to be supported by the purported reference. Tag: Visual edit
7 June 2023
- 16:3516:35, 7 June 2023 diff hist +35 Bartholomaeus Pitiscus →Works: Added additional work Tag: Visual edit
2 June 2023
- 15:2615:26, 2 June 2023 diff hist −2 m Robert Recorde →Publications: correcting spelling as shown in the printing of the book which can be read here: https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/europeana-rise-of-literacy/science-and-mathematics/the-whetstone-of-witte-whiche-is-the-seconde-parte-of-arithmetike-containyng-thextraction-of-rootes-the-cossike-practise-with-the-rule-of-equation-and-the-woorkes-of-surde-nombers Tags: Manual revert Visual edit
- 15:2015:20, 2 June 2023 diff hist +540 User talk:Shootingstarsa →June 2023: Reply current Tag: Reply
- 15:1315:13, 2 June 2023 diff hist −2 m Robert Recorde →Publications: spelling error Tags: Reverted Visual edit
- 15:1315:13, 2 June 2023 diff hist −4 m The Whetstone of Witte Reverted previous spelling correction and made correction on a different page Tag: Manual revert
- 15:1115:11, 2 June 2023 diff hist +2 The Whetstone of Witte No edit summary Tag: Reverted
- 15:0915:09, 2 June 2023 diff hist +2 m The Whetstone of Witte spelling error Tag: Reverted
1 June 2023
- 10:0510:05, 1 June 2023 diff hist +11 m Masaccio →First works: Reference was included as on page text, fixed
31 May 2023
- 10:4310:43, 31 May 2023 diff hist −48 Li Ye (mathematician) →Life: removed a hanging sentance
22 May 2023
- 15:4815:48, 22 May 2023 diff hist +737 Pappus of Alexandria →Collection: Separated Books into different sections and cleaned up text Tag: Visual edit: Switched
26 April 2023
- 10:3910:39, 26 April 2023 diff hist +189 Mathematical induction The text originally claimed that Al-Karaji wrote 'Al Fakhri' which is a significantly later book. Added that the original work was lost but was referenced in al-Bahir fi'l-jabr which is supported by both of the existing references and also Al-Karaji's own wikipedia page. Also made it clearer why 'Katz' is a relevant source. Tag: Visual edit
