Diophantus of Alexandria: A Study in the History of Greek AlgebraUniversity Press, 1910 - 387 páginas |
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... become practically inaccessible to the English reader . At the same time I could not but recognise that , after twenty - five years in which so much has been done for the history of mathematics , the book needed to be brought up to date ...
... become practically inaccessible to the English reader . At the same time I could not but recognise that , after twenty - five years in which so much has been done for the history of mathematics , the book needed to be brought up to date ...
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... become known in Arabia , where it was evidently the subject of careful study . We are told in the Fihrist , the main part of which was written in the year 987 A.D. , ( 1 ) that Diophantus was a Greek of Alexandria who wrote a book " On ...
... become known in Arabia , where it was evidently the subject of careful study . We are told in the Fihrist , the main part of which was written in the year 987 A.D. , ( 1 ) that Diophantus was a Greek of Alexandria who wrote a book " On ...
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... become true to their name and deaf to entreaty , they are not so much as mentioned in these most ingenious solutions ! " He then describes the enormous difficulties which beset his work owing to the corruptions in his text . In dealing ...
... become true to their name and deaf to entreaty , they are not so much as mentioned in these most ingenious solutions ! " He then describes the enormous difficulties which beset his work owing to the corruptions in his text . In dealing ...
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... become acquainted with the classes of indeterminate problems which Diophantus treats of , and with his methods of solution . As regards the first point , we must observe that included in the 130 ( or so ) indeterminate problems , of ...
... become acquainted with the classes of indeterminate problems which Diophantus treats of , and with his methods of solution . As regards the first point , we must observe that included in the 130 ( or so ) indeterminate problems , of ...
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... of x's , and x becomes some number multiplied by 6 and then added to 12 , divided by the difference by which the square of the number exceeds 3. " If we multiply by , we must make where y DIOPHANTUS ' METHODS OF SOLUTION 79.
... of x's , and x becomes some number multiplied by 6 and then added to 12 , divided by the difference by which the square of the number exceeds 3. " If we multiply by , we must make where y DIOPHANTUS ' METHODS OF SOLUTION 79.
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Diophantus of Alexandria: A Study in the History of Greek Algebra Thomas L. Heath Vista previa restringida - 1910 |
Diophantus of Alexandria: A Study in the History of Greek Algebra Sir Thomas Little Heath,Leonhard Euler Vista de fragmentos - 1964 |
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