A proportional view: the mathematics of James Glenie (1750-1817)

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2008.12.001MaRDI QIDQ833306zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. D. D. Craik

Publication date 12 August 2009

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2008.12.001

zbMATH Keywords

Euclidean geometrybinomial theorem18th centuryBritish mathematicsearly calculustheory of proportions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70)

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