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A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICAL NOTATIONS
FIGURE PARAGRPAHS 28. Real Estate Sale, Mexico City, 1718................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................94 29. Fanciful Hypotheses................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96 30. Numerals Described by Noviomagus................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................98 31. Sanskrit Symbols for the Unknown................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................108 32. Bakhshālī Arithmetic.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................109 33. Śrīdhara's Trisátikā................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................112 34. Oresme's Algorismus Proportionum................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................123 35. al-Qalâsadî's Algebraic Symbols.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................125 36. Computations of Regiomontanus................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................127 37. Calendar of Regiomontanus.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................128 38. From Earliest Printed Arithmetic.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................128 39. Multiplications in the "Treviso" Arithmetic.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................128 40. De la Roche's Larismethique, Folio 60B................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................132 41. De la Roche's Larismethique, Folio 66A................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................132 42. Part of Page in Pacioli's Summa, 1523................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................138 43. Margin of Folio 123B in Pacioli's Summa................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................139 44. Part of Folio 72 of Ghaligai's Practica d'arithmetica, 1552................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................139 45. Ghaligai's Practica d' arithmetica, Folio 198................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................139 46. Cardan, Ars magna, Ed. 1663, Page 255................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................141 47. Cardan, Ars magna, Ed. 1663, Page 297................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................141 48. From Tartaglia's General Trattato, 1560................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................143 49. From Tartaglia's General Trattato, Folio 4................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................144 50. From Bombelli's Algebra, 1572................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................144 51. Bombelli's Algebra (1579 Impression), Page 161................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................145 52. From the MS of Bombelli's Algebra in the Library of Bologna................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................145 53. From Pamphlet No. 595 A in the Library of the University of Bologna.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................146 54. Widman's Rechnung, 1526................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................146 55. From the Arithmetic of Grammateus.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................146 56. From the Arithmetic of Grammateus, 1535................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................147 57. From the Arithmetic of Grammateus, 1518(?)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................147 58. From Chr. Rudolff's Goss, 1525................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................148
