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Diophantos of Alexandria; a study in the history of Greek algebra

1885

Thomas Little, Sir Heath

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Diophantos of Alexandria; a study in the history of Greek algebra

Thomas Little, Sir Heath

1885

I. Historical introduction.--II. The works of Diophantos; their titles and general contents; the portions which survive.--III. The writers upon Diophantos.--IV. Notation and definitions of Diophantos.--V. Diophantos' methods of solution.--VI. The porisms of Diophantos. Other theorems assumed or implied.--VII. How far was Diophantos original?--VIII. Diophantos and the early Arabian algebraists.--Appendix. Abstract of the Arithmetics and the Tract on polygonal numbers

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