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31L'Hôpital , Marquis Guillaume François Antoine de — (1661–1704) French mathematician L Hôpital, a Parisian by birth, began his career as a cavalry officer. However, he was forced to resign because of his short sightedness and devoted the rest of his life to mathematical study and research. To this …
32Increment — In cre*ment, n. [L. incrementum: cf. F. incr[ e]ment. See {Increase}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. [1913 Webster] The seminary that furnisheth… …
33Infinitesimal increment — Increment In cre*ment, n. [L. incrementum: cf. F. incr[ e]ment. See {Increase}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. [1913 Webster] The seminary that… …
34Method of increments — Increment In cre*ment, n. [L. incrementum: cf. F. incr[ e]ment. See {Increase}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement. [1913 Webster] The seminary that… …
35Archimedean property — In abstract algebra and analysis, the Archimedean property, named after the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse, is a property held by some ordered or normed groups, fields, and other algebraic structures. Roughly speaking, it is… …
36Fluxion — Flux ion, n. [Cf. F. fluxion.] The act of flowing. Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] 2. The matter that flows. Wiseman. [1913 Webster] 3. Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state. [1913 Webster] 4. (Med.) An unnatural or excessive flow of blood or …
37System of Leibniz — The System of Leibniz † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The System of Leibniz I. LIFE OF LEIBNIZ Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was born at Leipzig on 21 June (1 July), 1646. In 1661 he entered the University of Leipzig as a student of… …
38philosophy, Western — Introduction history of Western philosophy from its development among the ancient Greeks to the present. This article has three basic purposes: (1) to provide an overview of the history of philosophy in the West, (2) to relate… …
39Continuous-repayment mortgage — Analogous to continuous compounding, a continuous annuity[1][2] is an ordinary annuity in which the payment interval is narrowed indefinitely. A (theoretical) continuous repayment mortgage is a mortgage loan paid by means of a continuous annuity …
40Dedekind, Richard — ▪ German mathematician born Oct. 6, 1831, Braunschweig, duchy of Braunschweig [Germany] died Feb. 12, 1916, Braunschweig German mathematician who developed a major redefinition of irrational numbers (irrational number) in terms of arithmetic… …
