(1) CHRISTIAN VON STAUDT'S “Beiträge zur Geometrie der Lage” was published so long ago as 1857; about the year 1871 Felix Klein wrote a series of papers emphasising the fact that it is possible to ...

THIS text-book of modern projective geometry forms an admirable introduction to the subject, and should be known to all who are interested in this branch of mathematics. The first chapter deals with ...

Mathematics in Mesopotamia : Where did mathematics begin? ; Political history in Mesopotamia ; The number symbols ; Arithmetic operations ; Babylonian algebra ; Babylonian geometry ; The uses of ...