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Schooten, Frans van, 1615-1660 (Dutch mathematician)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Charta 4 fol. Notae ad loca quaedam difficiliora Geom: Cartesianae, October 1696

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [3]
Scope and Contents

Commentary on Schooten's 1659 edition of Descartes' "Geometria".

Dates: October 1696

Curva foliata, c1693

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [32]
Scope and Contents

Diagram and mathematical description of a foliate curve. A modern hand has pencilled in "7 a Schooten", referring to geometer Frans van Schooten (1615-1660).

Dates: c1693

Excerpta de Codico M.S. Henratii communicata a [illegible], 27 May 1693

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [19]
Scope and Contents

Extract of a volume (only partially cited) found by David Gregory in Amsterdam. He captions this "F: a. Schoten', suggesting that the work transcribed is that of geometer Frans van Schooten (1615-1660). The work concerns curves and quadratures, and is laced with comparisons to the work of Jan Hudde.

Dates: 27 May 1693

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