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... 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 CONTENTS .
... 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 CONTENTS .
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... Theory of Probabil- ity from the Time of Pascal to that of Laplace . Cambridge and London , 1865 . 43. * TODHUNTER , I. A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials . Edited and completed by KARL PEarson ...
... Theory of Probabil- ity from the Time of Pascal to that of Laplace . Cambridge and London , 1865 . 43. * TODHUNTER , I. A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials . Edited and completed by KARL PEarson ...
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... theory of proportion . Proportion had , thus far , been used by the Greeks only in numbers . They never succeeded in ... theory of proportion of magnitudes developed and treated independent of that of numbers . The transfer of the theory ...
... theory of proportion . Proportion had , thus far , been used by the Greeks only in numbers . They never succeeded in ... theory of proportion of magnitudes developed and treated independent of that of numbers . The transfer of the theory ...
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... theory of proportion as applied to magnitudes in general . The sixth book develops the geometry of similar figures . The seventh , eighth , ninth books are on the theory of numbers , or on arithmetic . In the ninth book is found the ...
... theory of proportion as applied to magnitudes in general . The sixth book develops the geometry of similar figures . The seventh , eighth , ninth books are on the theory of numbers , or on arithmetic . In the ninth book is found the ...
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... theory of conic sections , which was the prelude to the theory of geometrical curves of all degrees , and to that portion of geometry which considers only the forms and situations of figures , and uses only the intersection of lines and ...
... theory of conic sections , which was the prelude to the theory of geometrical curves of all degrees , and to that portion of geometry which considers only the forms and situations of figures , and uses only the intersection of lines and ...
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