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Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician)

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

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [3]
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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

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

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