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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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... Functions of a Complex Variable . Cambridge , 1893 . 63. GRAHAM , R. H. Geometry of Position . London , 1891 . 64. SCHMIDT , FRANZ . " Aus dem Leben zweier ungarischer Mathe- matiker Johann und Wolfgang Bolyai von Bolya . " Archiv , 48 ...
... Functions of a Complex Variable . Cambridge , 1893 . 63. GRAHAM , R. H. Geometry of Position . London , 1891 . 64. SCHMIDT , FRANZ . " Aus dem Leben zweier ungarischer Mathe- matiker Johann und Wolfgang Bolyai von Bolya . " Archiv , 48 ...
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... Functions , " Nature , 43 : 14 and 15 , 1891 . 87. DARBOUX , GASTON . Notice sur les Travaux Scientifiques de M. Gas- ton Darboux . Paris , 1884 . 88. KUMMER , E. E. Gedächnissrede auf Gustav Peter Lejeune - Dirichlet . Berlin , 1860 ...
... Functions , " Nature , 43 : 14 and 15 , 1891 . 87. DARBOUX , GASTON . Notice sur les Travaux Scientifiques de M. Gas- ton Darboux . Paris , 1884 . 88. KUMMER , E. E. Gedächnissrede auf Gustav Peter Lejeune - Dirichlet . Berlin , 1860 ...
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... function of x . We now return to Hovarezmi , and consider the other part of his work , the algebra . This is the first book known to contain this word itself as title . Really the title consists of two words , aldshebr walmukabala , the ...
... function of x . We now return to Hovarezmi , and consider the other part of his work , the algebra . This is the first book known to contain this word itself as title . Really the title consists of two words , aldshebr walmukabala , the ...
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... function . The Arabic word for " sine , " dschiba , was derived from the Sanscrit jiva , and resembled the Arabic word dschaib , meaning an indentation or gulf . Hence the Latin " sinus . " 3 Al Battani was a close student of Ptolemy ...
... function . The Arabic word for " sine , " dschiba , was derived from the Sanscrit jiva , and resembled the Arabic word dschaib , meaning an indentation or gulf . Hence the Latin " sinus . " 3 Al Battani was a close student of Ptolemy ...
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