E282 -- De resolutione aequationum cuiusvis gradus
(On the resolution of equations of any order)
Summary:
According
to C. G. J. Jacobi, a treatise with the title “Resolutio aequationum cujusvis generis” was read to
the Berlin Academy on May 3, 1753.
According to the records, it was presented to the St.
Petersburg Academy on October 15, 1759.
Publication:
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Originally published in Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae 9, 1764, pp. 70-98
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Opera Omnia: Series 1, Volume 6, pp. 170 - 196
- According to Jacobi, the manuscript of the printed treatise, with the title
“De resolutione aequationum cujusvis generis,” can be found in the archive of the Berlin
Academy.
- A handwritten French translation of this treatise can be found in the library of the observatory in Uccle, near Brussels.
Documents Available:
- Original publication: E282
- English translation (Henry J. Stevens and T. Christine Stevens): E282
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