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
Created June 20, 2004
Modified September 14, 2004