The role of numerical tables in Galileo and Mersenne

DOI10.1162/106361404323119862MaRDI QIDQ3467784zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Domenico Bertoloni Meli

Publication date 4 February 2016

Published in Perspectives on Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1162/106361404323119862

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of numerical analysis (65-03) Tables in numerical analysis (65A05)

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