A History of Mathematics

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A History of Mathematics, by Florian CajoriThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: A History of MathematicsAuthor: Florian CajoriRelease Date: January 24, 2010 [EBook #31061]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS ***Produced by Andrew D. Hwang, Peter Vachuska, Carl Hudkinsand the Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttp://www.pgdp.nettranscriber’s noteFigures may have been moved with respect to thesurrounding text. Minor typographical correctionsand presentational changes have been made withoutcomment.This PDF le is formatted for screen viewing, butmay be easily for printing. Please consultAthe preamble of the LT X source le for instructions.EA HISTORY OF MATHEMATICSA HISTORY OFMATHEMATICSBYFLORIAN CAJORI, Ph.D.Formerly Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Tulane Universityof Louisiana; now Professor of Physicsin Colorado College\I am sure that no subject loses more than mathematicsby any attempt to dissociate it from its history."|J. W. L.GlaisherNew YorkTHE MACMILLAN COMPANYLONDON: MA & CO., Ltd.1909All rights reservedCopyright, 1893,By MACMILLAN AND CO.Set up and electrotyped January, 1894. Reprinted March ...