A History of Mathematics |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 37
Page x
... edition , con- tinued in the 8th edition by SIR JOHN LESLIE . 27. De MorgaN , A. Arithmetical Books from the Invention of Printing to the Present Time . 28. NAPIER , MARK . burgh , 1834 . 29. HALSTED , G. B. Memoirs of John Napier of ...
... edition , con- tinued in the 8th edition by SIR JOHN LESLIE . 27. De MorgaN , A. Arithmetical Books from the Invention of Printing to the Present Time . 28. NAPIER , MARK . burgh , 1834 . 29. HALSTED , G. B. Memoirs of John Napier of ...
Page 37
... edition , about 700 years after Euclid , with some altera- tions in the text . As a consequence , later commentators ... editions of the Elements , under the head of definitions , are given the assumptions of such notions as the point ...
... edition , about 700 years after Euclid , with some altera- tions in the text . As a consequence , later commentators ... editions of the Elements , under the head of definitions , are given the assumptions of such notions as the point ...
Page 61
... edition of Euclid's Elements with notes , which he probably used as a text - book in his classes . His commen- tary on the Almagest is valuable for the many historical notices , and especially for the specimens of Greek arithmetic which ...
... edition of Euclid's Elements with notes , which he probably used as a text - book in his classes . His commen- tary on the Almagest is valuable for the many historical notices , and especially for the specimens of Greek arithmetic which ...
Page 82
Florian Cajori. the Elements ; by others , that he had Theon's edition before him , and believed that only the theorems came from Euclid , while the proofs were supplied by Theon . The second book , as also other books on geometry ...
Florian Cajori. the Elements ; by others , that he had Theon's edition before him , and believed that only the theorems came from Euclid , while the proofs were supplied by Theon . The second book , as also other books on geometry ...
Page 127
... editions . " At the close of the twelfth century , the Occident was in possession of the so - called Arabic notation . The Hindoo methods of calculation began to supersede the cumbrous meth- ods inherited from Rome . Algebra , with its ...
... editions . " At the close of the twelfth century , the Occident was in possession of the so - called Arabic notation . The Hindoo methods of calculation began to supersede the cumbrous meth- ods inherited from Rome . Algebra , with its ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
60 cents abacus Abel Abelian functions algebra Almagest analysis analytical angles Apollonius applied Arabic Archimedes arithmetic astronomical Berlin Bernoulli Boethius calculus called Cambridge Cauchy Cayley century circle Clebsch College conic sections contains Crelle's Journal cubic curve degree Descartes determine differential calculus differential equations Diophantus discovery Edition Egyptian elasticity Elementary Treatise elliptic functions Euclid Euclid's Elements Euler expressed Fermat fluxions formula fractions Gauss gave geometry given Greek Hindoo infinite integral invention investigations Jacobi John Bernoulli known Lagrange Laplace Legendre Leibniz linear lines logarithms mathe mathematicians mathematics matical mechanics memoir method motion Newton notation paper Paris plane polygon principle problem professor progress proof published pupil Pythagoreans quadratic quadrature quantities ratio researches Riemann roots sexagesimal solids solution solved spherical square surface symbol synthetic geometry tangents theorem theory of numbers theta-functions Thomson tion translated triangle trigonometry variable Vieta Wallis writings wrote