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Page 15
... before which time one sign was necessarily used for both letters . Further , I lay no stress upon this fact except as an illustration . sufficiently near in point of time to Diophantos and the HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION . 15.
... before which time one sign was necessarily used for both letters . Further , I lay no stress upon this fact except as an illustration . sufficiently near in point of time to Diophantos and the HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION . 15.
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... letter to Joannes de Blan- chinis , in which Regiomontanus states that he found at Venice " Diofantus , " a Greek arithmetician who had not yet been translated into Latin ; that in the proëmium he defined the several powers up to the ...
... letter to Joannes de Blan- chinis , in which Regiomontanus states that he found at Venice " Diofantus , " a Greek arithmetician who had not yet been translated into Latin ; that in the proëmium he defined the several powers up to the ...
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... letter to Digby ( 15 August 1657 ) in which he says : The name of this author ( Diophantos ) " me donne l'occasion de vous faire souvenir de la promesse , qu'il vous a pleu me faire de recouvrer quelque manuscrit de cét Autheur , qui ...
... letter to Digby ( 15 August 1657 ) in which he says : The name of this author ( Diophantos ) " me donne l'occasion de vous faire souvenir de la promesse , qu'il vous a pleu me faire de recouvrer quelque manuscrit de cét Autheur , qui ...
Page 42
... letter to Joannes de Blanchinis he speaks of finding a MS . of Diophantos at Venice , of the pleasure he would have in translating it if he could only find a copy containing the whole of the thirteen books , and his readiness to ...
... letter to Joannes de Blanchinis he speaks of finding a MS . of Diophantos at Venice , of the pleasure he would have in translating it if he could only find a copy containing the whole of the thirteen books , and his readiness to ...
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... letter to Zasius : " Venit mihi in mentem eorum quae et de hac et aliis liberalibus artibus dicta fuere , in eo convivio cujus in tuis aedibus me et Peuce- rum nostrum participes esse , suavissima tua invitatio voluit . Cum autem de ...
... letter to Zasius : " Venit mihi in mentem eorum quae et de hac et aliis liberalibus artibus dicta fuere , in eo convivio cujus in tuis aedibus me et Peuce- rum nostrum participes esse , suavissima tua invitatio voluit . Cum autem de ...
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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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