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De quadratura curvarum he remarks that there is no necessity to introduce into the method of fluxions any argument about infinitely small quantities.
Continuity and Infinitesimals Bell, John L. 2009
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Gregory of St. Vincent, Opus geometricum quadratura circuli et sectionum coní (Antwerp, 1647).
INFINITY SALOMON BOCHNER 1968
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SUTER, Der Tractatus, "De quadratura circuli" des Albertus de Saxonia in Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik, XXIX (1884); SUTER, Die
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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European reputation as a scholar was based not only on his famous theological treatise but also on his mathematical works: De proportionibus (Paris, 1495); De quadratura circuli (Paris, 1495);
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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In the 1556 edition of his _De rebus mathematicis, hactenus desideratis, Libri IIII_, published at Paris, the subtitle is: _Quibus inter cætera, Circuli quadratura Centum modis, & suprà, per eundem Orontium recenter excogitatis, demonstratus_, so that he kept up his efforts until his death.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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[231] The full title has some interest: _Vera circuli et hyperbolae quadratura cui accedit geometriae pars universalis inserviens quantitatum curvarum transmutationi et mensurae.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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The distinctive feature of his _Vera quadratura_ is his use of an infinite converging series, a plan that Archimedes used with the parabola.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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His _Opera geometrica_ appeared at Lyons in 1554, and his _Logistica_ and _De quadratura circuli libri duo_ at Lyons in 1559.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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He also wrote _De computo ecclesiastico Calendarium_, and _De quadratura circuli_.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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De quadratura circuli demonstratio ex Campano_, that appeared without date about 1507.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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