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Istor.-Mat. Issled., Ser. 2, 2014 Issue 15(50), Pages 151–156 (Mi imi12)

MATHEMATICS IN ANTIQUITY AND MIDDLE AGES

John Nepier: Logarithms of rigonometrical Functions as a Model of Earth's Motion in Space

A. V. Kuz'min

Moscow

Abstract: The paper presents an assumption that logarithmic method was invented as a result of consistent efforts to create a universal mathematical algorithm to describe the space-time dynamics of Earth's motion in cosmic space.



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