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What Descartes knew of mathematics in 1628
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    What Descartes knew of mathematics in 1628 (English)
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    6 September 2010
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    The paper under review gives an account of René Descartes' mathematical achievements in 1628--1629. The study developed in this work relies on contemporary documents without projecting onto them a hidden practice for which we have no evidence, direct or indirect. The author also gives a meaning to many texts which remain in the retrospective view mysterious.
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    Descartes
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    Beeckman
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