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... ALGEBRA ANALYSIS THEORY OF FUNCTIONS . THEORY OF NUMBERS APPLIED MATHEMATICS . INDEX 246 The Origin of Modern Geometry 285 € 291 293 . 307 . 315 331 347 362 373 405 BOOKS OF REFERENCE . The following books , pamphlets , viii TABLE OF ...
... ALGEBRA ANALYSIS THEORY OF FUNCTIONS . THEORY OF NUMBERS APPLIED MATHEMATICS . INDEX 246 The Origin of Modern Geometry 285 € 291 293 . 307 . 315 331 347 362 373 405 BOOKS OF REFERENCE . The following books , pamphlets , viii TABLE OF ...
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... Algebra der Litteralen Gleichungen . Leipzig , 1878 . 21. OHRTMANN und MÜLLER . Fortschritte der Mathematik . 22. PEACOCK , GEORGE . Article " Arithmetic , " in The Encyclopædia of Pure Mathematics . London , 1847 . 23. HERSCHEL ...
... Algebra der Litteralen Gleichungen . Leipzig , 1878 . 21. OHRTMANN und MÜLLER . Fortschritte der Mathematik . 22. PEACOCK , GEORGE . Article " Arithmetic , " in The Encyclopædia of Pure Mathematics . London , 1847 . 23. HERSCHEL ...
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... Algebra , " Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , 1886 . 59. FINK , KARL . Geschichte der Elementar - Mathematik . Tübingen , 1890 . 60. WITTSTEIN , ARMIN . Zur Geschichte des Malfatti'schen Problems ...
... Algebra , " Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , 1886 . 59. FINK , KARL . Geschichte der Elementar - Mathematik . Tübingen , 1890 . 60. WITTSTEIN , ARMIN . Zur Geschichte des Malfatti'schen Problems ...
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... algebra are as ancient as those of geometry . The principal defect of Egyptian arithmetic was the lack of a simple , comprehensive symbolism a defect which not even the Greeks were able to remove . The Ahmes papyrus doubtless represents ...
... algebra are as ancient as those of geometry . The principal defect of Egyptian arithmetic was the lack of a simple , comprehensive symbolism a defect which not even the Greeks were able to remove . The Ahmes papyrus doubtless represents ...
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... algebra of Diophantus . But no important geom- eter appeared after Ptolemy for 150 years . The only occupant of this long gap was Sextus Julius Africanus , who wrote an unimportant work on geometry applied to the art of war , entitled ...
... algebra of Diophantus . But no important geom- eter appeared after Ptolemy for 150 years . The only occupant of this long gap was Sextus Julius Africanus , who wrote an unimportant work on geometry applied to the art of war , entitled ...
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