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... appeared only with Euler's " Introductio " ( 1748 ) . 4. The appearance of Cavalieri's book stimulated a considerable number of mathematicians in different countries to study problems involving infinitesimals . The fundamental problems ...
... appeared only with Euler's " Introductio " ( 1748 ) . 4. The appearance of Cavalieri's book stimulated a considerable number of mathematicians in different countries to study problems involving infinitesimals . The fundamental problems ...
Page 174
... appeared three tomes of a " Dioptrica " with a theory of the passage of rays through a system of lenses . In 1739 appeared his new theory of music , of which it has been Isaid that it was too musical for mathematicians and too ...
... appeared three tomes of a " Dioptrica " with a theory of the passage of rays through a system of lenses . In 1739 appeared his new theory of music , of which it has been Isaid that it was too musical for mathematicians and too ...
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... appeared the first of Steiner's publi- cations , in 1827 Möbius ' " Barycentrischer Calcül , ” in 1828 the first volume of Plücker's " Analytisch - geome- trische Entwicklungen . " In 1831 appeared the second .1G . H. Hardy , A Course ...
... appeared the first of Steiner's publi- cations , in 1827 Möbius ' " Barycentrischer Calcül , ” in 1828 the first volume of Plücker's " Analytisch - geome- trische Entwicklungen . " In 1831 appeared the second .1G . H. Hardy , A Course ...
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algebraic algebraic curves analytical ancient antiquity Apollonios appeared Arabic Archimedes arithmetic astronomy axiom Babylonian Babylonian mathematics became Berlin Bernoulli calculus calculus of variations Cantor Cauchy Cayley complex numbers computational conception conic curves D'Alembert decimal Descartes developed differential equations Diophantos discovery droides droites Egyptian Egyptian mathematics Euclid Euclidean Eudoxos Euler Eutocius existence Fermat fluxions Fourier fractions functions Galois Gauss géométrie Greek mathematics H. G. Zeuthen Hindu-Arabic numerals history of mathematics Huygens ideas infinite influence integral Johann Klein Lagrange Laplace large number later Leibniz mathe mathematicians Mathematik matics method modern Newton Nineteenth Century notation number theory Oriental Paperbound papers Paris Pascal period plane problems professor projective geometry published Pythagorean quadratic quadratic equations quaternions rational rectangle Riemann rigorous Roman showed so-called solution solved square symbols T. L. Heath texts theorem tion translation triangle trigonometry vols Wallis Weierstrass πρὸς