Ex Renaldinis de Maximis et Minimis, c1696

Item

Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [5]

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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

Creation: c1696

Creator

Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) (Person)

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

Extent

From the Fonds: 0.5 metre

Additional Description

Physical Description

1

Physical Description

genreform: manuscript

Processing Information

Kiki's number=45

Processing Information

Duncan Fisher16 July 2002

Subjects

Geometry, Elemental

Related Names

Creator

Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) (Person)

Subject

Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650 (French mathematician) (Person)
Fermat, Pierre de, 17 August 1601-12 January 1665 (mathematician) (Person)
Renaldini, Carlo, 1615-1679 (mathematician) (Person)

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