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Florian Cajori. A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS BY FLORIAN CAJORI FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN THE TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ; NOW PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN COLORADO COLLEGE " I am sure that no subject loses more than ...
Florian Cajori. A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS BY FLORIAN CAJORI FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN THE TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ; NOW PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN COLORADO COLLEGE " I am sure that no subject loses more than ...
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... GEOMETRY ALGEBRA ANALYSIS THEORY OF FUNCTIONS . THEORY OF NUMBERS APPLIED MATHEMATICS . INDEX . PAGE 246 285 291 293 307 315 331 347 362 373 • . 405 BOOKS OF REFERENCE . The following books , pamphlets , viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... GEOMETRY ALGEBRA ANALYSIS THEORY OF FUNCTIONS . THEORY OF NUMBERS APPLIED MATHEMATICS . INDEX . PAGE 246 285 291 293 307 315 331 347 362 373 • . 405 BOOKS OF REFERENCE . The following books , pamphlets , viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... each degree representing the daily amount of the supposed yearly revolution of the sun around the earth . Now they were , very probably , familiar with the fact that the radius can be applied to its circumference THE BABYLONIANS . 7.
... each degree representing the daily amount of the supposed yearly revolution of the sun around the earth . Now they were , very probably , familiar with the fact that the radius can be applied to its circumference THE BABYLONIANS . 7.
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Florian Cajori. fact that the radius can be applied to its circumference as a chord 6 times , and that each of these chords subtends an arc measuring exactly 60 degrees . Fixing their attention upon these degrees , the division into 60 ...
Florian Cajori. fact that the radius can be applied to its circumference as a chord 6 times , and that each of these chords subtends an arc measuring exactly 60 degrees . Fixing their attention upon these degrees , the division into 60 ...
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... applied to Egyptian geometers , means " rope - stretchers , " would point to the conclusion that the Egyptian , like the Indian and Chinese geometers , constructed a right triangle upon a given line THE EGYPTIANS . 11.
... applied to Egyptian geometers , means " rope - stretchers , " would point to the conclusion that the Egyptian , like the Indian and Chinese geometers , constructed a right triangle upon a given line THE EGYPTIANS . 11.
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Page 202 - I was so persecuted with discussions arising out of my theory of light, that I blamed my own imprudence for parting with so substantial a blessing as my quiet, to run after a shadow.
Page 298 - THEOREM If a straight line falling on two other straight lines, make the alternate angles equal to one another, the two straight lines shall be parallel to one another.
Page 21 - The formula states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the base and altitude.