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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

  • Gregory of St. Vincent, Opus geometricum quadratura circuli et sectionum coní (Antwerp, 1647).

    INFINITY SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • [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

  • 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

  • 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

  • He also wrote _De computo ecclesiastico Calendarium_, and _De quadratura circuli_.

    A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838

  • 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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