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... JOHN . Article " Progress of the Mathematical and Phys- ical Sciences , " in Encyclopædia Britannica , 7th edition , con- tinued in the 8th edition by SIR JOHN LESLIE . " 27. DE MORGAN , A. Arithmetical Books from the Invention of ...
... JOHN . Article " Progress of the Mathematical and Phys- ical Sciences , " in Encyclopædia Britannica , 7th edition , con- tinued in the 8th edition by SIR JOHN LESLIE . " 27. DE MORGAN , A. Arithmetical Books from the Invention of ...
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... John Stephen Smith , " Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , XLIV . , 4 , 1884 . 91. Bessel als Bremer Handlungslehrling . Bremen , 1890 . 92. FRANTZ , J. Festrede aus Veranlassung von Bessel's hundertjährigem Geburtstag ...
... John Stephen Smith , " Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , XLIV . , 4 , 1884 . 91. Bessel als Bremer Handlungslehrling . Bremen , 1890 . 92. FRANTZ , J. Festrede aus Veranlassung von Bessel's hundertjährigem Geburtstag ...
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... John of Seville was most prominent . He translated works chiefly on Aristotelian philosophy . Of importance to us is a liber algori mi , com- piled by him from Arabic authors . On comparing works like this with those of the abacists ...
... John of Seville was most prominent . He translated works chiefly on Aristotelian philosophy . Of importance to us is a liber algori mi , com- piled by him from Arabic authors . On comparing works like this with those of the abacists ...
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... John of Palermo , an imperial notary , proposed several problems , which Leonardo solved promptly . The first problem was to find a number x , such that x2 + 5 and x2 - 5 are each square numbers . The answer is x = 35 ; for ( 3,5 ) 2 + ...
... John of Palermo , an imperial notary , proposed several problems , which Leonardo solved promptly . The first problem was to find a number x , such that x2 + 5 and x2 - 5 are each square numbers . The answer is x = 35 ; for ( 3,5 ) 2 + ...
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... John of Palermo : Three men possess in com- mon an unknown sum of money t ; the share of the first t is ; that of the second , that of the third , Desirous of 6 depositing the sum at a safer place , each takes at hazard a certain amount ...
... John of Palermo : Three men possess in com- mon an unknown sum of money t ; the share of the first t is ; that of the second , that of the third , Desirous of 6 depositing the sum at a safer place , each takes at hazard a certain amount ...
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