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... Mathematics . London , 1847 . 23. HERSCHEL , J. F. W. Article " Mathematics , " in Edinburgh Ency- clopædia . 24. SUTER , HEINRICH . Zürich , 1873-75 . Geschichte der Mathematischen Wissenschaften . 25. QUETELET , A. Sciences ...
... Mathematics . London , 1847 . 23. HERSCHEL , J. F. W. Article " Mathematics , " in Edinburgh Ency- clopædia . 24. SUTER , HEINRICH . Zürich , 1873-75 . Geschichte der Mathematischen Wissenschaften . 25. QUETELET , A. Sciences ...
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... Mathematics , " Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society , Vol . VIII . , Nos . 104 , 105 , 1876 . 90. GLAISHER , J. W. L. " Henry John Stephen Smith , " Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , XLIV . , 4 , 1884 . 91 ...
... Mathematics , " Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society , Vol . VIII . , Nos . 104 , 105 , 1876 . 90. GLAISHER , J. W. L. " Henry John Stephen Smith , " Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , XLIV . , 4 , 1884 . 91 ...
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... mathematics has had periods of slow growth , yet in the main it has been pre - eminently a progressive science . The history of mathematics may be instructive as well as agreeable ; it may not only remind us of what we have , but may ...
... mathematics has had periods of slow growth , yet in the main it has been pre - eminently a progressive science . The history of mathematics may be instructive as well as agreeable ; it may not only remind us of what we have , but may ...
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... mathematics dropped the subject , while those who still persisted were completely ignorant of its his- tory and generally misunderstood the conditions of the prob- lem . " Our problem , " says De Morgan , " is to square the circle with ...
... mathematics dropped the subject , while those who still persisted were completely ignorant of its his- tory and generally misunderstood the conditions of the prob- lem . " Our problem , " says De Morgan , " is to square the circle with ...
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... mathematicians had long suspected ; namely , that the great army of circle - squarers have , for two thousand years , been assaulting a fortification which is as indestructible as the firmament of heaven . Another reason for the ...
... mathematicians had long suspected ; namely , that the great army of circle - squarers have , for two thousand years , been assaulting a fortification which is as indestructible as the firmament of heaven . Another reason for the ...
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