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... respectively of 8 and 5 drachmae the xoûs . It appears also that it was wine of inferior quality as it was mixed by some one as drink for his servants . Now M. Tannery argues ( a ) that the numbers 8 and 5 were not hit upon to suit the ...
... respectively of 8 and 5 drachmae the xoûs . It appears also that it was wine of inferior quality as it was mixed by some one as drink for his servants . Now M. Tannery argues ( a ) that the numbers 8 and 5 were not hit upon to suit the ...
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... respective ages . Unfortunately , however , that is far from certain , Bacchios ' own date being very doubtful . He is generally supposed to have lived in the time of Constantine the Great ; this is however questioned by M. Tannery who ...
... respective ages . Unfortunately , however , that is far from certain , Bacchios ' own date being very doubtful . He is generally supposed to have lived in the time of Constantine the Great ; this is however questioned by M. Tannery who ...
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... signs ya and чч occur . They must here necessarily signify ȧpioμós ā and apioμoi respectively because , although the sense requires the notation corresponding to 1 x 8 - 2 not NOTATION AND DEFINITIONS OF DIOPHANTOS . 59.
... signs ya and чч occur . They must here necessarily signify ȧpioμós ā and apioμoi respectively because , although the sense requires the notation corresponding to 1 x 8 - 2 not NOTATION AND DEFINITIONS OF DIOPHANTOS . 59.
Page 62
... senarii 5. Sed locum habere non potest . " Now s and 5 are so much alike that what was taken for one might easily be taken for the other . K 20 Indeed the alphabet than the respective first letters 62 DIOPHANTOS OF ALEXANDRIA .
... senarii 5. Sed locum habere non potest . " Now s and 5 are so much alike that what was taken for one might easily be taken for the other . K 20 Indeed the alphabet than the respective first letters 62 DIOPHANTOS OF ALEXANDRIA .
Page 63
... respective first letters . Thus a with p added , ♪ with u added , with u added , and μ with o added gave abbre- viations which could not be confounded with particular numbers . No doubt , if the two letters in each case were not ...
... respective first letters . Thus a with p added , ♪ with u added , with u added , and μ with o added gave abbre- viations which could not be confounded with particular numbers . No doubt , if the two letters in each case were not ...
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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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