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

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2008.12.001zbMath1175.01019OpenAlexW2090319514MaRDI QIDQ833306

Alex 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

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

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• Numbers, magnitudes, ratios, and proportions in Euclid's \textit{Elements}: How did he handle them?
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