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... thought to have the advantage 1 " Namentlich ist in dieser Hinsicht das fünfte Buch stiefmütterlich von der Mutter Zeit behandelt worden . " p . 268 . of greater clearness . It need scarcely be remarked how HIS WORKS . 31.
... thought to have the advantage 1 " Namentlich ist in dieser Hinsicht das fünfte Buch stiefmütterlich von der Mutter Zeit behandelt worden . " p . 268 . of greater clearness . It need scarcely be remarked how HIS WORKS . 31.
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A Study in the History of Greek Algebra Sir Thomas Little Heath. of greater clearness . It need scarcely be remarked how opposed this Greek method is to our modern ones , our tendency being the reverse , viz . , to the representation of ...
A Study in the History of Greek Algebra Sir Thomas Little Heath. of greater clearness . It need scarcely be remarked how opposed this Greek method is to our modern ones , our tendency being the reverse , viz . , to the representation of ...
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... greater con- venience of giving first the Greek writers upon Diophantos . But long before the time of Maximus Planudes , the work of Diophantos had found its way to Arabia , and there met with the respect it deserved . Unfortunately the ...
... greater con- venience of giving first the Greek writers upon Diophantos . But long before the time of Maximus Planudes , the work of Diophantos had found its way to Arabia , and there met with the respect it deserved . Unfortunately the ...
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... greater degree to Dudicius than to himself . Finally he commends the work to the favour of the Prince Ludwig , extolling the pursuit of arithmetical and alge- braical science and dwelling in enthusiastic anticipation on the influence ...
... greater degree to Dudicius than to himself . Finally he commends the work to the favour of the Prince Ludwig , extolling the pursuit of arithmetical and alge- braical science and dwelling in enthusiastic anticipation on the influence ...
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... greater number of misprints , omissions of words , confusions of numerals ; and , most serious of all , the brackets which Bachet inserted in the edition of 1621 to mark the insertion of words in the text are in this later edition ...
... greater number of misprints , omissions of words , confusions of numerals ; and , most serious of all , the brackets which Bachet inserted in the edition of 1621 to mark the insertion of words in the text are in this later edition ...
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Abu'l-Wafa Algebra Alkarkhi Arabian Arithmetics Assume Ave Maria Lane Ax² Bachet Bombelli C. J. CLAY Cambridge University Press CLAY & SONS coefficients College commentary condition Cossali Crown 8vo cube Demy 8vo difference Diophantos edition Editor English equal Fellow Fermat final sigma find a right-angled find three numbers find two numbers fraction given number given ratio gives Greek Hence hypotenuse Hypsikles indeterminate equations LL.D Maximus Planudes mentioned method Mohammed ibn Mūsā multiplied Nesselmann Nikomachos notation Notes phantos Polygonal Numbers Porisms problem Professor quadratic Regiomontanus remark required number result right-angled triangle roots side solution solved square number St John's College subtract Suidas symbol Tannery term Theon of Alexandria third translation treatise Trinity College University of Cambridge University Press Warehouse unknown quantity whence words write Xylander δὲ εἰς ἐν καὶ τὰ τὸ τοῦ τῶν
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