Quote#Wisdom
To furnish to the student examples by which to illustrate the…
Quote byDuncan Farquharson Gregory · 1813–1844
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Examples of the processes of the differential and integral calculus, (1841), p. iii; Lead paragraph of the Preface; Highlighted section cited in: Patricia R. Allaire and Robert E. Bradley. "Symbolical algebra as a foundation for calculus: DF Gregory's contribution." Historia Mathematica 29.4 (2002):.
English (original)
to furnish to the student examples by which to illustrate the processes of the Differential and Integral Calculus.
— Duncan Farquharson Gregory
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