Title: Leçons sur le Calcul des Fonctions - in Journal de l'École Polytechnique Author: Lagrange, Joseph Louis Place: Paris Publisher: De l'Imprimerie Imperiale Date: Thermidore An XII [1804] Description: [4], 324. Comprises the entire volume of Journal de l'École Polytechnique, publié par le conseil d'instruction et administration de cet etablissement. Douzieme Cahier, Tome V. (folio) 30.5x22.5 cm (12¼x8¾"), period pastepaper boards, ms. paper spine labels. Significant contribution by Lagrange, characterized in the DSB as "designed to be both a commentary on and a supplement to the preceding work [Theorie des fonctions analytiques]... In dealing with it and with all other subjects in these two works Lagrange abandoned the differential notation and introduced a new vocabulary and a new symbolism: first derivation function f'; second derivative function f"; and so on" . This copy once belonged to noted French mathematician and engineer Gaspard de Prony, with his inkstamp at bottom of title page. Lot Amendments Condition: Boards worn at edges and extremities, spine rubbed with ends chipped; else very good, quite clean and fresh internally, untrimmed and in the original state. Item number: 287959
Title: Leçons sur le Calcul des Fonctions - in Journal de l'École Polytechnique Author: Lagrange, Joseph Louis Place: Paris Publisher: De l'Imprimerie Imperiale Date: Thermidore An XII [1804] Description: [4], 324. Comprises the entire volume of Journal de l'École Polytechnique, publié par le conseil d'instruction et administration de cet etablissement. Douzieme Cahier, Tome V. (folio) 30.5x22.5 cm (12¼x8¾"), period pastepaper boards, ms. paper spine labels. Significant contribution by Lagrange, characterized in the DSB as "designed to be both a commentary on and a supplement to the preceding work [Theorie des fonctions analytiques]... In dealing with it and with all other subjects in these two works Lagrange abandoned the differential notation and introduced a new vocabulary and a new symbolism: first derivation function f'; second derivative function f"; and so on" . This copy once belonged to noted French mathematician and engineer Gaspard de Prony, with his inkstamp at bottom of title page. Lot Amendments Condition: Boards worn at edges and extremities, spine rubbed with ends chipped; else very good, quite clean and fresh internally, untrimmed and in the original state. Item number: 287959
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