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Mathematical Treasure: Von der rechten Arithmetica geometrica

Author(s): 
Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University)

Von der rechten Arithmetica geometrica, oder Decimal-Rechnung is an anonymous 18th-century German manuscript on the use of decimal computation in three dimensions. It has no separate title page.

First page of 18th-century manuscript Von der rechten Arithmetica geometrica.

Examples of calculations with squares and cubes in 18th-century manuscript Von der rechten Arithmetica geometrica.

Table from 18th-century manuscript Von der rechten Arithmetica geometrica.

The images above are provided courtesy of Bamberg State Library. A full digitization of this manuscript is available here.

Index to Mathematical Treasures

Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University), "Mathematical Treasure: Von der rechten Arithmetica geometrica ," Convergence (April 2022)

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