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... means by which proficiency in that study was at various times tested . The general arrangement is as follows . The first seven chapters are devoted to an enume- ration of the more eminent Cambridge mathematicians , arranged ...
... means by which proficiency in that study was at various times tested . The general arrangement is as follows . The first seven chapters are devoted to an enume- ration of the more eminent Cambridge mathematicians , arranged ...
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... means of nine digits and a zero ; proved some elementary algebraical formulæ by geometry , as in the second book of Euclid ; and solved a few algebraical equations . The reasoning was expressed at full length in words and without the ...
... means of nine digits and a zero ; proved some elementary algebraical formulæ by geometry , as in the second book of Euclid ; and solved a few algebraical equations . The reasoning was expressed at full length in words and without the ...
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... to integration regarded as a means of summing series , was introduced a year or so later . The works of both these writers were very obscure , but they had a B. 3 The commencement of modern mathematics Characteristics of modern mathematics.
... to integration regarded as a means of summing series , was introduced a year or so later . The works of both these writers were very obscure , but they had a B. 3 The commencement of modern mathematics Characteristics of modern mathematics.
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... means ; and desiring that his library should contain only the best works on the subject he took a great deal of 1 See p . 69 of On the Statutes by G. Peacock , London , 1841 . 2 See his life by A. B. Whatton , second edition , London ...
... means ; and desiring that his library should contain only the best works on the subject he took a great deal of 1 See p . 69 of On the Statutes by G. Peacock , London , 1841 . 2 See his life by A. B. Whatton , second edition , London ...
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... 2 ) , since he was unable to expand this in powers of x . He laid down however the prin- ciple of interpolation . He argued that as the ordinate of the - circle is the geometrical mean between the ordinates of WALLIS . 43.
... 2 ) , since he was unable to expand this in powers of x . He laid down however the prin- ciple of interpolation . He argued that as the ordinate of the - circle is the geometrical mean between the ordinates of WALLIS . 43.
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