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... solution of the cubic ; Tartaglia , who , in addition to being the first to com- plete the solution of the cubic , and to apply mathematics to artillery science , " was the author of the best treatise on arithmetic of the time ; Ferrari ...
... solution of the cubic ; Tartaglia , who , in addition to being the first to com- plete the solution of the cubic , and to apply mathematics to artillery science , " was the author of the best treatise on arithmetic of the time ; Ferrari ...
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... Solution ; it makes me more pressing for your Opinion & c . I would have sent you Merones Solution to the 4th Question but have no time now to transcribe it , . . . I have been to Oxford with Mr. Beighton to see Dr. Bradley20 & one of ...
... Solution ; it makes me more pressing for your Opinion & c . I would have sent you Merones Solution to the 4th Question but have no time now to transcribe it , . . . I have been to Oxford with Mr. Beighton to see Dr. Bradley20 & one of ...
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... solution of the cubic , Descartes's solution of a biquadratic , and Newton's binomial theorem . Descartes had succeeded in effecting a simple solution of problems of the type , x2 + px2 + qx + r = 0 , 1 The Elements of Algebra in Ten ...
... solution of the cubic , Descartes's solution of a biquadratic , and Newton's binomial theorem . Descartes had succeeded in effecting a simple solution of problems of the type , x2 + px2 + qx + r = 0 , 1 The Elements of Algebra in Ten ...
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