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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 circle complex numbers computational conception conic curves D'Alembert decimal Descartes developed differential equations Diophantos discovery Egyptian Egyptian mathematics Euclid Euclidean Eudoxos Euler Eutocius existence expressed Fermat fluxions fractions functions Galois Gauss géométrie Greek mathematics H. G. Zeuthen Hindu Hindu-Arabic numerals history of mathematics Huygens ideas infinite influence integral Jacobi Johann Klein Lagrange Laplace large number later Leibniz London mathe mathematicians Mathematik matics method modern Newton Nineteenth Century notation number theory Oriental papers Paris Pascal period plane problems professor projective geometry published Pythagorean quadratic quaternions rational Riemann rigorous Roman showed so-called solution solved square symbols T. L. Heath texts theorem tion translation triangle trigonometry vols Wallis Weierstrass πρὸς