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... Variable . Cambridge , 1893 . 63. Graham , R. H. Geometry of Position . London , 1891 . 64. SCHMIDT , FRANZ . " Aus dem Leben zweier ungarischer Mathe- matiker Johann und Wolfgang Bolyai von Bolya . " Grunert's Archiv , 48 : 2 , 1868 ...
... Variable . Cambridge , 1893 . 63. Graham , R. H. Geometry of Position . London , 1891 . 64. SCHMIDT , FRANZ . " Aus dem Leben zweier ungarischer Mathe- matiker Johann und Wolfgang Bolyai von Bolya . " Grunert's Archiv , 48 : 2 , 1868 ...
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... variable denominators . Ahmes used the term " fraction " in a restricted sense , for he applied it only to unit - fractions , or fractions having unity for the numer- It was designated by writing the denominator and then placing over it ...
... variable denominators . Ahmes used the term " fraction " in a restricted sense , for he applied it only to unit - fractions , or fractions having unity for the numer- It was designated by writing the denominator and then placing over it ...
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... variables ( abscissa and ordinate ) in the system of analytic geometry of Descartes . " It will be observed from this that the diameter of the curve and the perpendicular erected at one of its extremities suffice to construct the curve ...
... variables ( abscissa and ordinate ) in the system of analytic geometry of Descartes . " It will be observed from this that the diameter of the curve and the perpendicular erected at one of its extremities suffice to construct the curve ...
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... variable , as , for instance , the ordinate of a curve , is evanescent for values very near a maximum or a minimum value of the variable . Developing this idea , Fermat obtained his rule for maxima and minima . He substituted x + e for ...
... variable , as , for instance , the ordinate of a curve , is evanescent for values very near a maximum or a minimum value of the variable . Developing this idea , Fermat obtained his rule for maxima and minima . He substituted x + e for ...
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... variables and constants , which enabled him to represent curves by alge- braic equations . In the Greek geometry , the idea of motion was wanting , but with Descartes it became a very fruitful conception . By him a point on a plane was ...
... variables and constants , which enabled him to represent curves by alge- braic equations . In the Greek geometry , the idea of motion was wanting , but with Descartes it became a very fruitful conception . By him a point on a plane was ...
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