The mysteries of adaequare: A vindication of Fermat

DOI10.1007/BF01686277zbMath0792.01007OpenAlexW2008941145MaRDI QIDQ1316104

Herbert Breger

Publication date: 21 July 1994

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01686277

zbMATH Keywords

extreme valuestangentsDiophantusapproximate equality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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