Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician)
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Found in 4 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
Contra Cartesium de refractione, 1680's
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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [161]
Scope and Contents
A general critique of Cartesian geometry.
Dates:
1680's
Ex Renaldinis de Maximis et Minimis, c1696
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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
Explicatio ... in Geometria Cartesiana, et ... de natura aequationum, c1680
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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