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a²+b² abcissa algebra angle Apollonius Arabs Archimedes arithmetic series axes axis base Boyer calculation called centre century circle cone conic sections coordinate system corresponding cube curve cylinder denotes Descartes developed diameter differential calculus Diophantus ellipse equal equation Euclid Euclid's Elements example figures follows formula fractions François Viète genre geometric series Géométrie German given in position Greek mathematics Hindus History of Mathematics hyperbola infinite Leibniz length Leonardo of Pisa magnitudes mathematicians method of exhaustion natural numbers negative numbers Newton notation numbers obtained origin parabola parallel parallelogram perpendicular Pierre de Fermat plane problem Proposition pyramid ratio rectangle result right-angled side Smith solid solids of rotation solution sphere square straight line Struik subtract symbols T. L. Heath tangent theorem translation triangle trigonometry unknown quantities vector calculus volume wrote