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... NEWTON . NEWTON TO EULER . 156 183 199 EULER , LAGRANGE , AND LAPLACE • The Origin of vii.
... NEWTON . NEWTON TO EULER . 156 183 199 EULER , LAGRANGE , AND LAPLACE • The Origin of vii.
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... Newton . Edinburgh , 1860 . A Short Account of the History of Mathematics . London , 1888 , 2nd edition , 1893 . 35. DE MORGAN , A. " On the Early History of Infinitesimals , " in the Philosophical Magazine , November , 1852 . I 36 ...
... Newton . Edinburgh , 1860 . A Short Account of the History of Mathematics . London , 1888 , 2nd edition , 1893 . 35. DE MORGAN , A. " On the Early History of Infinitesimals , " in the Philosophical Magazine , November , 1852 . I 36 ...
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... Newton , Leibniz , and Lagrange played in creating that science . In his historical talk it is possible for the teacher to make it plain to the student that mathematics is not a dead science , but a living one in which steady progress ...
... Newton , Leibniz , and Lagrange played in creating that science . In his historical talk it is possible for the teacher to make it plain to the student that mathematics is not a dead science , but a living one in which steady progress ...
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... Newton of antiquity . Eratosthenes , eleven years younger than Archimedes , was a native of Cyrene . He was educated in Alexandria under Callimachus the poet , whom he succeeded as custodian of the Alexandrian Library . His many - sided ...
... Newton of antiquity . Eratosthenes , eleven years younger than Archimedes , was a native of Cyrene . He was educated in Alexandria under Callimachus the poet , whom he succeeded as custodian of the Alexandrian Library . His many - sided ...
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... Newton in con- structing curves of the third degree . About the time of Nicomedes , flourished also Diocles , the inventor of the cissoid ( " ivy - like " ) . This curve he used for finding two mean proportionals between two given ...
... Newton in con- structing curves of the third degree . About the time of Nicomedes , flourished also Diocles , the inventor of the cissoid ( " ivy - like " ) . This curve he used for finding two mean proportionals between two given ...
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