ARITHMOS XV

ARITHMOS Readings In The History of Mathematics from Original Sources

Arithmos XV - 17th Century Analysis and Number Theory

Readings for meeting #15, September 18-19, 2004

Saturday-Sunday, September 18-19, 2004

Readings are from Struik, A Source Book in Mathematics, 1200-1800

4.9        Torricelli, Volume of an infinite solid, p. 227-232

 

4.10      Roberval, The Cycloid, pp. 232-238

 

4.15      Huygens, Evolutes and Involutes, p. 263-269

These Huygens readings are also available in French and Latin.  Ask Ed if you want him to post them.

1.6        Fermat, Letter to Frenicle de Bessy on Fermat primes, p. 26-29

This is also reading # 64 in Calinger's Classics of Mathematics, p. 343-344

1.7        Fermat, two letters on the Pell equation, p. 29-31

This is also reading # 65 in Calinger's Classics of Mathematics, p. 344-346

1.5        Pascal, Traite du triangle arithmetique,  p. 21-26

This is also reading # 66 in Calinger's Classics of Mathematics, p. 349-353

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