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... infinite Succession of Fluxions , when x - 1 is limited to 3. I say this does not appear obvious from the Nature 1 ... infinite they also become infinite , & the negative Powers of x are more than in- finite . But this ; if even right ...
... infinite Succession of Fluxions , when x - 1 is limited to 3. I say this does not appear obvious from the Nature 1 ... infinite they also become infinite , & the negative Powers of x are more than in- finite . But this ; if even right ...
Page 87
... infinite Succession of Fluxions as x2 does when n is infinite . " And to this you will be pleas'd to add your Opinion , what Part of Physicks will be most proper for Examples to the Es- say , If I did not know you to be a man of the ...
... infinite Succession of Fluxions as x2 does when n is infinite . " And to this you will be pleas'd to add your Opinion , what Part of Physicks will be most proper for Examples to the Es- say , If I did not know you to be a man of the ...
Page 127
... infinite series , a favorite topic of the eighteenth century . At first he intended to include a discussion of the doctrine of infinite series and the application of algebra to the higher geom- etry of curves together with the linear ...
... infinite series , a favorite topic of the eighteenth century . At first he intended to include a discussion of the doctrine of infinite series and the application of algebra to the higher geom- etry of curves together with the linear ...
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