Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician)

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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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio C

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [161]

Scope and Contents

A general critique of Cartesian geometry.

Dates: 1680's

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio C

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [5]

Scope and Contents

Analysis of Renaldini's treatment of maximi and minimi, itself a reworking of Fermat.

Four pages of Descart on curves are bound with this document.

Dates: c1696

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio C

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [51]

Scope and Contents

Rough notes, very likely composed at Rotterdam, on the Latin edition of Rene Descartes' Geometria, (1659), which was published by Schooten.

Dates: c1680

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

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