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... any share in the responsibility for errors which I may have introduced in subsequent revision of the text. FLORIAN CAJORI. Colorado College, December, 1893. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page INTRODUCTION 1 ANTIQUITY 5 The Babylonians VI PREFACE.
... any share in the responsibility for errors which I may have introduced in subsequent revision of the text. FLORIAN CAJORI. Colorado College, December, 1893. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page INTRODUCTION 1 ANTIQUITY 5 The Babylonians VI PREFACE.
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Florian Cajori. TABLE. OF. CONTENTS. Page INTRODUCTION 1 ANTIQUITY 5 The Babylonians 5 This Egyptians 9 The Greeks 16 Greek Geometry 16 The Ionic School 17 The School of Pythagoras 19 The Sophist School 23 The Platonic School 29 The First ...
Florian Cajori. TABLE. OF. CONTENTS. Page INTRODUCTION 1 ANTIQUITY 5 The Babylonians 5 This Egyptians 9 The Greeks 16 Greek Geometry 16 The Ionic School 17 The School of Pythagoras 19 The Sophist School 23 The Platonic School 29 The First ...
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... Analytic Geometrt 307 Algebra 315 Analysis 331 Theory of Functions 347 Theory of Numbers 362 Applied Mathematics 373 INDEX 405 BOOKS OF REFERENCE. The following books, pamphlets, and articles have Till TABLE OF CONTENTS.
... Analytic Geometrt 307 Algebra 315 Analysis 331 Theory of Functions 347 Theory of Numbers 362 Applied Mathematics 373 INDEX 405 BOOKS OF REFERENCE. The following books, pamphlets, and articles have Till TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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... the responsibility for errors which I may have introduced in subsequent revision of the text . FLORIAN CAJORI . COLORADO COLLEGE , December , 1893 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION ANTIQUITY THE BABYLONIANS THE EGYPTIANS vi PREFACE .
... the responsibility for errors which I may have introduced in subsequent revision of the text . FLORIAN CAJORI . COLORADO COLLEGE , December , 1893 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION ANTIQUITY THE BABYLONIANS THE EGYPTIANS vi PREFACE .
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Florian Cajori. TABLE OF CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION ANTIQUITY THE BABYLONIANS THE EGYPTIANS THE GREEKS Greek Geometry The Ionic School . The School of Pythagoras . PAGE 1 16 16 17 19 The Sophist School 23 The Platonic School . 29 The First ...
Florian Cajori. TABLE OF CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION ANTIQUITY THE BABYLONIANS THE EGYPTIANS THE GREEKS Greek Geometry The Ionic School . The School of Pythagoras . PAGE 1 16 16 17 19 The Sophist School 23 The Platonic School . 29 The First ...
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Page 292 - THEOREM. If a straight line, falling on two other straight lines, make the alternate angles equal to each other ; these two straight lines shall be parallel.
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