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Henry Briggs. The Binomial Theorem Anticipated

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

D. T. Whiteside
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One of the pleasant aspects of research into mathematical history is the way in which existing material, passed over in the conventional account, may allow us not only to establish the bare, if unexpected, fact of a priority but, more importantly, to assess the significance of major currents in mathematical thought with greater precision. Briggs’ partial discovery, in anticipation of Newton, of the general binomial expansion,

is an excellent case in point.

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Research Article
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 45 , Issue 351 , February 1961 , pp. 9 - 12
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1961

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References

page 9 note * “Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio”, Edinburgh, 1614, an account amplified in the complementary (and posthumous) “construetio” of 1619.

page 10 note * “Arithmetica logarithmica” : chapter 8: pp. 17–19.