1. Fisher knew Sheppard through his work on mathematical tables . 2. Did they not have mathematical tables ?-- t 20 : 39, 21 October 2007 ( UTC) 3. There are also lists of " Vkya " s encoding other mathematical tables like Madhava's sine table. 4. From 1972 onwards, with the launch and growing use of scientific calculators, most mathematical tables went out of use. 5. During the Great Depression, out-of-work clerks tabulated higher mathematical functions in the Mathematical Tables Project as an outreach project. 6. He contributed in computation to the construction and documentation of mathematical tables , and by the proposal of certain algorithms. 7. Early digital computers were developed during World War II in part to produce specialized mathematical tables for aiming artillery. 8. The Mathematical Tables Project became an independent organization following the termination of the WPA at the end of 1942. 9. In those days, mathematics was dependent on mathematical tables , which were as important for mathematicians as computers are today. 10. In mathematics, he concentrated on expanding the scope of algebra in the theory of equations, and on mathematical tables .