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... Arabic Manuscripts . The First Awakening and its Sequel 124 128 · MODERN EUROPE THE RENAISSANCE VIETA TO DESCARTES DESCARTES TO NEWTON . NEWTON TO EULER . 138 139 156 . 183 . 199 EULER , LAGRANGE , AND LAPLACE . The Origin of vii.
... Arabic Manuscripts . The First Awakening and its Sequel 124 128 · MODERN EUROPE THE RENAISSANCE VIETA TO DESCARTES DESCARTES TO NEWTON . NEWTON TO EULER . 138 139 156 . 183 . 199 EULER , LAGRANGE , AND LAPLACE . The Origin of vii.
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Florian Cajori. EULER , LAGRANGE , AND LAPLACE . The Origin of Modern Geometry RECENT TIMES SYNTHETIC GEOMETRY ANALYTIC GEOMETRY ALGEBRA ANALYSIS THEORY OF FUNCTIONS . THEORY OF NUMBERS APPLIED MATHEMATICS . INDEX . . PAGE . 246 285 291 ...
Florian Cajori. EULER , LAGRANGE , AND LAPLACE . The Origin of Modern Geometry RECENT TIMES SYNTHETIC GEOMETRY ANALYTIC GEOMETRY ALGEBRA ANALYSIS THEORY OF FUNCTIONS . THEORY OF NUMBERS APPLIED MATHEMATICS . INDEX . . PAGE . 246 285 291 ...
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... Laplace . Cambridge and London , 1865 . 43. * TODHUNTER , I. A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials . Edited and completed by KARL PEARSON . Cambridge , 1886 . 44. TODHUNTer , I. " Note on the History of ...
... Laplace . Cambridge and London , 1865 . 43. * TODHUNTER , I. A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials . Edited and completed by KARL PEARSON . Cambridge , 1886 . 44. TODHUNTer , I. " Note on the History of ...
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... Laplace , and Fourier , that Fermat may be regarded as the first inventor of the differ- ential calculus . This point is not well taken , as will be seen from the words of Poisson , himself a Frenchman , 174 A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS .
... Laplace , and Fourier , that Fermat may be regarded as the first inventor of the differ- ential calculus . This point is not well taken , as will be seen from the words of Poisson , himself a Frenchman , 174 A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS .
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... Laplace pronounced their country man , Fermat , to be the true inventor of it . The dif ferential calculus , therefore , was not so much an individual discovery as the grand result of a succession of discoveries by different minds ...
... Laplace pronounced their country man , Fermat , to be the true inventor of it . The dif ferential calculus , therefore , was not so much an individual discovery as the grand result of a succession of discoveries by different minds ...
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