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  2. Circle - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Curves/Circle/

    7 Mar 2023: x2y2=a2. or parametrically:. x. =. a. cos. (. t. ). ,. y. =. a. sin. (. t. ). x = a cos(t), y = a sin(t). ... x=acos(t),y=asin(t). Polar equation:. r. =. a. r = a. r=a. The study of the circle goes back beyond recorded history.

  3. Hypotrochoid - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Curves/Hypotrochoid/

    7 Mar 2023: Parametric Cartesian equation:. x. =. (. a. b. ). cos. (. t. ). c. cos. (. (. a. /. b. 1. ). t. ). ,. y. =. (. a. b. ). sin. (. t. ). c. sin. (. (. a. /. b. 1. ). t. ). x = (a - b) cos(t) c ... cos((a/b -1)t), y = (a - b) sin(t) - c sin((a/b -1)t).

  4. John Napier (1550 - 1617) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Napier/

    30 Dec 2023: Points. C. C. C and. C. ′. C'. C′ begin moving simultaneously to the right, starting at. ... C. ′. C'. C′ moves with uniform velocity and. C. C.

  5. Euclid (325 BC - 265 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Euclid/

    30 Dec 2023: C B Glavas, The place of Euclid in ancient and modern mathematics (Athens, 1994). ... C D Brownson, Euclid's 'Optics' and its compatibility with linear perspective, Arch.

  6. Thomas Harriot (1560 - 1621) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Harriot/

    21 Dec 2023: a, b, c. a,b,c are the roots of a cubic then the cubic is. (. ... R C H Tanner, Nathaniel Torporley's 'Congestor analyticus' and Thomas Harriot's 'De triangulis laterum rationalium', Ann.

  7. Pierre Hérigone (1580 - 1643) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Herigone/

    7 Mar 2023: m. ,. o. r. ,. r. o. ;. 0. =. n. ,. u. r. ,. r. u. 1 = p, a; 2 = b, e; 3 = c, i; 4 = d, o; 5 = t, u; 6 = f, ar, ra; 7 = ... 1=p,a;2=b,e;3=c,i;4=d,o;5=t,u;6=f,ar,ra;7=g,er,re;8=l,ir,ri;9=m,or,ro;

  8. Mahāvīra (800 - 870) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mahavira/

    4 Jan 2024: A. B. AB. AB and. B. C. BC. BC) stuck together along their diameters. ... B S Jain, On the Ganita-Sara-Samgraha of Mahavira (c. 850 A.D.), Indian J.

  9. Cartesian Oval - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Curves/Cartesian/

    7 Mar 2023: a. s mt = a. smt=a. When. c. c. c is the distance between. ... m=1 then the Cartesian Oval. C. C. C is a central conic while if.

  10. Jean d'Alembert (1717 - 1783) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/DAlembert/

    4 Jan 2024: T L Hankins, Jean d'Alembert : science and the englightenment (New York, 1990). ... Internaz. Storia Sci. (N.S.) 28 (1) (1991), 35-114. R Dugas, Sur le paradoxe de d'Alembert, C.

  11. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898) - Biography - MacTutor…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Dodgson/

    25 Jan 2024: N T Gridgeman, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). ... F F Abeles, Ranking by inversion : a note on C L Dodgson, Historia Math.