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... cube root , torus volume ... Ptolemy of Alexandria ( 150 ) : Trigonometry , stereographic and conical projection , theory of sun , moon , and planets ; geography Diophantus of Alexandria ( 275 ) : Diophantine equations Pappus of ...
... cube root , torus volume ... Ptolemy of Alexandria ( 150 ) : Trigonometry , stereographic and conical projection , theory of sun , moon , and planets ; geography Diophantus of Alexandria ( 275 ) : Diophantine equations Pappus of ...
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... cubic and biquadratic equations . A tablet was discovered which gives not only the squares and cubes of all integers from 1 to 30 , but also the results for the sum n3 + n2 for this same range . Pure cubic equations with integral ...
... cubic and biquadratic equations . A tablet was discovered which gives not only the squares and cubes of all integers from 1 to 30 , but also the results for the sum n3 + n2 for this same range . Pure cubic equations with integral ...
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... cubic equation is central . He obtains a root as the abscissa of a point of intersection of a conic and a circle , or of two conics . Vari- ous forms of cubic equations ... cubic equations by Menaechmus and Archimedes it is to be remarked ...
... cubic equation is central . He obtains a root as the abscissa of a point of intersection of a conic and a circle , or of two conics . Vari- ous forms of cubic equations ... cubic equations by Menaechmus and Archimedes it is to be remarked ...
Contents
History of Mathematics after the Sixteenth Century 229 | 29 |
Literature List and Notes | 51 |
Index of Names | 71 |
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