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96.38 Evaluating integrals using polar areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Nick Lord
Nick Lord*
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Tonbridge School, Kent TN9 1JP
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 96 , Issue 536 , July 2012 , pp. 289 - 296
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