LIVRE ANCIEN 1637 Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verité dans les sciences. Plus la Dioptrique, les Meteores, et la Geometrie. Qui sont des essais de cete Methode. DESCARTES, René.

Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verité dans les sciences. Plus la Dioptrique, les Meteores, et la Geometrie. Qui sont des essais de cete Methode.

DESCARTES, René.

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Titre : Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa...

Éditeur : Jan Maire, Leiden

Date d'édition : 1637

Edition : First edition

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A very fine and exceptionally large copy, entirely unrestored, in its original Dutch vellum binding - the birth of analytical or co-ordinate geometry, designated by John Stuart Mill as "the greatest single step ever made in the progress of the exact sciences". PMM 129; Grolier/Horblit 24; Dibner 81; Evans 5; Sparrow 54."It is no exaggeration to say that Descartes was the first of modern philosophers and one of the first modern scientists; in both branches of learning his influence has been vast. . The revolution he caused can be most easily found in his reassertion of the principle (lost in the middle ages) that knowledge, if it is to have any value, must be intelligence and not erudition. His application of modern algebraic arithmetic to ancient geometry created the analytical geometry which is the basis of the post-Euclidean development of that science. His statement of the elementary laws of matter and movement in the physical universe, the theory of vortices, and many other speculations threw light on every branch of science from optics to biology. Not least may be remarked his discussion of Harvey’s discovery of the circulation of blood, the first mention of it by a prominent foreign scholar. All this found its starting point in the ‘Discourse on the Method for Proper Reasoning and Investigating Truth in the Sciences’. Descartes’s purpose is to find the simple indestructible proposition which gives to the universe and thought their order and system. Three points are made: the truth of thought, when thought is true to itself (thus cogito, ergo, sum), the inevitable elevation of its partial state in our finite consciousness to its full state in the infinite existence of God, and the ultimate reduction of the material universe to extension and local movement." (Printing and the Mind of Man). 4to (203 x 158 mm), pp 78; [2] 413 [1]; [34], original Dutch vellum, gilt fillet on the covers, back cover with stains, flat spine decorated with gilt fillets, green fabric ties. A fine and very large copy. N° de réf. du libraire 2849

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Disquisitiones Arithmeticae. GAUSS, Carl Friedrich

 

Disquisitiones Arithmeticae.

GAUSS, Carl Friedrich

 

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An outstanding copy of Gauss’ masterpiece which created a new epoch in the history of mathematics; entirely untouched in the original interim wrappers and the copy of Polish mathematician and astronomer Jan Sniadecki who collaborated with Gauss on the observation of the planetoid Ceres which led Gauss to his discovery of the method of least squares (see below). "Gauss ranks, together with Archimedes and Newton, as one of the greatest geniuses in the history of mathematics" (Printing and the Mind of Man). PMM 257; Evans 11; Horblit 38; Dibner 114. "In the late eighteenth century [number theory] consisted of a large collection of isolated results. In his Disquisitiones Gauss summarized previous work in a systematic way, solved some of the most difficult outstanding questions, and formulated concepts and questions that set the pattern of research for a century and still have significant today. He introduced congruence of integers with respect to a modulus (a = b (mod c) if c divides a-b), the first significant algebraic example of the now ubiquitous concept of equivalence relation. He proved the law of quadratic reciprocity, developed the theory of composition of quadratic forms, and completely analyzed the cyclotomic equation. The Disquisitiones almost instantly won Gauss recognition by mathematicians as their prince" (DSB). "Published when Gauss was just twenty-four, Disquisitiones arithmeticae revolutionized number theory. In this book Gauss standardized the notation; he systemized the existing theory and extended it; and he classified the problems to be studied and the known methods of attack and introduced new methods The Disquisitiones not only began the modern theory of numbers but determined the direction of work in the subject up to the present time. The typesetters of this work were unable to understand Gauss’ new and difficult mathematics, creating numerous elaborate mistakes which Gauss was unable to correct in proof. After the book was printed Gauss insisted that, in addition to an unusually lengthy four-page errata, the worst mistakes be corrected by cancel leaves to be inserted in copies before sale [as in the offered copy]. Gauss’s highly technical work was printed in a small edition, and the difficulty of understanding it was hardly alleviated by the sloppy typesetting. The few mathematicians who were able to read the Disquisitiones immediately hailed Gauss as their prince, but the full understanding required for further development until the publication in 1863 of Dirichlet’s less austere exposition in his Vorelsungen über Zahlentheorie." (Norman). Provenance: Jan Sniadecki (1756-1830) was a Polish mathematician and astronomer, and the director of the astronomical observatories at Kraków and Vilnius. He was deeply involved in the celebrated discovery of the new planetoid Ceres in 1801 and, besides publishing several works himself on this subject, corresponded directly with Gauss on the orbit of Ceres. "In 1801 the creativity of the previous years was reflected in two extraordinary achievements, the Disquisitiones arithmeticae and the calculation of the orbit of the newly discovered planet Ceres In January 1801 G. Piazzi had briefly observed and lost a new planet. During the rest of that year the astronomers vainly tried to relocate it In September, as his Disquisitiones was coming off the press, Gauss decided to take up the challenge. To it he applied both a more accurate orbit theory (based on the ellipse rather than the usual circular approximation) and improved numerical methods (based on least squares). By December the task was done, and Ceres was soon found in the predicated position. This extraordinary feat of locating a tiny, distant heavenly body from seemingly insufficient information appeared to be almost superhuman, especially since Gauss did not reveal his methods. With the Disquisitiones it established his reputation as a mathematical and scientific genius of the first order. The decade that b. N° de réf. du libraire 2941

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Lost Notebook and Other Unpublished Papers: Mathematical Works of Srinivasa Ramanujan

 

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Titre : Lost Notebook and Other Unpublished Papers: ...

Éditeur : ALPHA SCIENCE

Date d'édition : 2008

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat du livre : Brand New

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419 pages. 11.75x9.50x1.50 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du libraire __1842655078

 

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LIVRE ANCIEN Elémens d'Algèbre EULER, Léonard 1795

 

Elémens d'Algèbre

EULER, Léonard

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Titre : Elémens d'Algèbre

Éditeur : Bruyset, Lyon

Date d'édition : 1795

Reliure : Couverture rigide

Etat du livre : Très bon

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Pleine basane racinée de l'époque. Dos lisse, orné et doré, portant les pièces de titre et de tomaison. Roulette dorée sur les coupes. Tranches mouchetées. Deux volumes In-8 (19,5x12,5 cm) de : T1 : 1 ff. (titre), 704 pp. T2 : [9] ff., 668 pp. Reliure frottée. Coiffe de tête du premier tome manquante. Quelques cahiers présentent des rousseurs importantes. Le cahier M (pp.177 à 192) du tome 1 est manquant. N'a pas été relié à l'époque. Le faux titre et le 2° titre du tome 2 ont été relié en fin de volume Ouvrage important d'un des plus grand mathématicien du 18° siècle. Il fut traduit par Bernouilli, directeur de l'Observatoire de Berlin. "Hoefer" : Le premier volume de cet ouvrage important, qui ne porte ni le nom du traducteur, ni celui de l'annoteur, traite de l'analyse indéterminée. Le deuxième volume, consacré à l'analyse indéterminée, intègre pour la première fois, (p.371-662) les additions précieuses de Lagrange, formant un véritable traité de l'analyse l'analyse de Diophante ou Analyse indéterminée". "Second French edition; the substantial additions by Lagrange occur for the first time" (Honeyman). Honeyman [II, 1076] 1282 g. N° de réf. du libraire 147

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Oeuvres de Laplace (7 volumes) & Oeuvres complètes de Laplace (6 volumes = vol. 8-13). LAPLACE, PIERRE SIMON (1749-1827).

Oeuvres de Laplace (7 volumes) & Oeuvres complètes de Laplace (6 volumes = vol. 8-13).

LAPLACE, PIERRE SIMON (1749-1827).

 

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Titre : Oeuvres de Laplace (7 volumes) & Oeuvres ...

Éditeur : Paris, Imprimerie Royale / Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1843.

Date d'édition : 1843

Reliure : Hardcover

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- 1904. The 7 vols. edition is bound in half leather, top edges gilt and the 6 volumes (volumes 8-13 of the 14 vols. ed.) are in orig. paperbacks. Text in French - (covers of paperbacks worn and sl. dam., sl. browned) Although still very good. See image. Weight is 22 kg. Laplace's works were collected in two editions, the seven volumes of his Oeuvres of 1843-47 and the 14 volumes of his Oeuvres complètes of 1878-1912. Present here are the 7 volumes 1843-47 and volumes 8-13 of the 14 vol. edition. Together 13 volumes sold together. 22000g. N° de réf. du libraire 30431

 

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Théorie Analytique des Probabilités. LAPLACE, Pierre Simon.

 

Théorie Analytique des Probabilités.

LAPLACE, Pierre Simon.

 

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Titre : Théorie Analytique des Probabilités.

Éditeur : Courcier, Paris

Date d'édition : 1812

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First edition of "the most influential book on probability and statistics ever written." (Anders Hald). "Laplace’s great treatise on probability appeared in 1812, with later editions in 1814 and 1820. Its picture of probability theory was entirely different from the picture in 1750. On the philosophical side was Laplace’s interpretation of probability as rational belief, with inverse probability as its underpinning. On the mathematical side was the method of generating functions, the central limit theorem, and Laplace’s technique for evaluating posterior probabilities. On the applied side, games of chance were still evidence, but they were dominated by problems of data analysis and Bayesian methods for combining probabilities of judgments, which replaced the earlier non-Bayesian methods of Hooper and Bernoulli." (Grattan-Guiness: History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences, p.1301). "In the Théorie Laplace gave a new level of mathematical foundation and development both to probability theory and to mathematical statistics. [It] emerged from a long series of slow processes and once established, loomed over the landscape for a century or more." (Stephen Stigler: Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics, p.329-30). "It was the first full–scale study completely devoted to a new specialty, [and came] to have the same sort of relation to the later development of probability that, for example, Newton’s Principia Mathematica had to the later science of mechanics." (DSB). Evans, First Editions of Epochal Achievements 12; Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 24; Honeyman 1923. 4to: 255 x 190 mm. Contemporary half calf. Pp. [VI], 464, [2: errata and blank]. A little browning and spotting throughout (as usual with this book), old owners signature scraped from the lower right corner of the title, in all a very good copy. N° de réf. du libraire 2407

 

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In artem analyticum isagoge: eiusdem, Ad logisticem speciosam notae priores. Francisci Vieta Fontenaeensis ; recensuit, scholiisq; illustravit I.D.B[eaugrand]. VIÈTE, François.

 

In artem analyticum isagoge: eiusdem, Ad logisticem speciosam notae priores. Francisci Vieta Fontenaeensis ; recensuit, scholiisq; illustravit I.D.B[eaugrand].

VIÈTE, François.

 

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Titre : In artem analyticum isagoge: eiusdem, Ad ...

Éditeur : Guillaume Baudry, Paris

Date d'édition : 1631

Edition : First edition

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First printing of Viète’s Ad logisticem speciosam notae priores (one of his main works), together with the second edition of his In artem analyticum isagoge, "the earliest work on symbolic algebra [by] the greatest French mathematician of the sixteenth century" (PMM). The first edition of the Isagoge, published at Tours in 1591, is, together with the Lobachevsky, the rarest mathematical work in PMM, and this second edition is in fact rarer than the first in institutional collections [OCLC lists only copies in France and UK]."The ‘Introduction to the Art of Analysis’ is the earliest work on symbolic algebra. Viète’s greatest innovation in mathematics was the denoting of general or indefinite quantities by letters of the alphabet instead of abbreviations of words as used hitherto. Known quantities were represented by consonants, unknown ones by vowels; squares, cubes, etc., were not represented by new letters but by adding the words quadratus, cubus, etc. Viète also brought the + and – signs into general use. This algebraic symbolism made possible the development of analysis, with its complicated processes, a fundamental element in modern mathematics" (PMM). "This innovation, considered one of the most significant advances in the history of mathematics, prepared the way for the development of algebra" (DSB). "To the treatises of the Isagoge belong Ad logisticen speciosam notae priores and Ad logisticen speciosam notae posteriores, the latter now lost. The first was not published during his lifetime, because Viète believed that the manuscript was not yet suitable for publication. (It was published by Jean Beaugrand in 1631.) It represents a collection of elementary general algebraic formulas that correspond to the arithmetical propositions of the second and ninth books of Euclid’s Elements, as well as some interesting propositions that combine algebra with geometry. In propositions 48-51 Viète derives the formulas for sin 2x; cos 2x; sin 3x; cos 3x; sin 4x; cos 4x; sin 5x; cos 5x expressed in terms of sin x and cos x by applying proposition 46. He remarks, that the coefficients are equal to those in the [binomial] expansion., that the various terms must be ‘homogeneous’ and that the signs are alternately + and –" (DSB). The editor, Jean Beaugrand (ca. 1590-1640) "studied under Viète and became mathematician to Gaston of Orléans in 1630; in that year J. L. Vaulezard dedicated his Cinq livres des Zététiques de FR. Viette to Beaugrand, who had already achieved a certain notoriety from having published Viète’s In artem analyticam isagoge, with scholia and a mathematical compendium, in 1631. Some of the scholia were incorporated into Schooten’s edition of [Viète’s Opera Mathematica of] 1646" (DSB, under Beaugrand). Beaugrand was an early friend of Fermat and became his official Paris correspondent, before being replaced in that role by Carcavi. He also communicated some of Fermat’s results to Castelli, Cavalieri and Galileo, all of whom seem to have been impressed by his mathematical ability. In France he became involved in several polemics: against Desargues, claiming that the main proposition of the Brouillon projet was nothing but a corollary to a proposition in Apollonius; and against Descartes, claiming that his Géométrie was plagiarized from Harriot, and that Viète’s methods were in any case superior. OCLC: BNF and Glasgow only; COPAC adds Oxford, UCL and University of London Senate House (for comparison OCLC lists some 15 copies of the 1591 edition). PMM 103 (1591 edition). 12mo (108 x 57 mm), pp [12] 99 [1:errata]; [2] 99, 200-233 [2] [1:blank], although the pagination jumps from 99 to 200 the signatures are continuous (i.e., i2-i3), fine contemporary limp vellum with gilt decoration to front and rear boards, manuscript paper label to spine, two very small paper flaws to the first title, otherwise very fine and clean throughout. N° de réf. du libraire 2885

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