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Paper, 'A general method for exhibiting the value of an expression involving several radical quantities anent Sir Isaac Newton's binomial theorum' by Thomas Simpson

Reference number: L&P/2/82

Date: 1750

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A general method for exhibiting the value of an algebraic expression involving several radical quantities in an infinite series: wherein Sir Isaac Newton’s theorem for involving a binomial, with another of the same author, relating to the roots of equations, are demonstrated'

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L&P/2/82
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1750
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6 pages
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Paper, 'A general method for exhibiting the value of an expression involving several radical quantities anent Sir Isaac Newton's binomial theorum' by Thomas Simpson, 1750, L&P/2/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_82/paper-a-general-method-for-exhibiting-the-value-of-an-expression-involving-several-radical-quantities-anent-sir-isaac-newtons-binomial-theorum-by-thomas-simpson, accessed on 16 September 2024

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