Arithmos I - Algebra and Logarithms

From: Tuesday, July 10, 2001, 3:00 pm
To: Wednesday, July 11, 2001, 1:00 pm.
Location:Hillsdale, NY
Reading List: Our readings were from Ron Calinger's book Classics of Mathematics.
1. Cardano, from the Ars Magna, Calinger, reading 56, pp. 263-266.
2. Viete, from In artem analyticem isagoge, Calinger, reading 57, pp. 268-272.
3. Napier, from Mirifici logarithmorum canonis constructio, Calinger, reading 59, pp. 282-289.

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Last modified: September 6, 2001.