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PARAGRAPHS - Notations for Geometric Ratio................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
244 - Division in the Algebra of Complex Numbers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
247 - Signs of Proportion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
248–59 - Arithmetical and Geometrical Progression................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
248 - Arithmetical Proportion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
249 - Geometrical Proportion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
250 - Oughtred's Notation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
251 - Struggle in England between Oughtred's and Wing's Notations before 1700................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
252 - Struggle in England between Oughtred's and Wing's Notations during 1700–1750................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
253 - Sporadic Notations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
254 - Oughtred's Notation on the European Continent................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
255 - Slight Modifications of Oughtred's Notation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
257 - The Notation:::: in Europe and America................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
258 - The Notation of Leibniz................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
259 - Signs of Equality................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
260–70 - Early Symbols................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
260 - Recorde's Sign of Equality................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
261 - Different Meanings of =................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
262 - Competing Symbols................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
263 - Descartes' Sign of Equality................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
264 - Variations in the Form of Descartes' Symbol................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
265 - Struggle for Supremacy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
266 - Variation in the Form of Recorde's Symbol................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
268 - Variation in the Manner of Using It................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
269 - Nearly Equal................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
270 - Signs of Common Fractions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
271–75 - Early Forms................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
271 - The Fractional Line................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
272 - Special Symbols for Simple Fractions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
274 - The Solidus................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
275 - Signs of Decimal Fractions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
276–89 - Stevin's Notation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
276 - Other Notations Used before 1617................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
278 - Did Pitiscus Use the Decimal Point?................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
279 - Decimal Comma and Point of Napier................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
282 - Seventeenth-Century Notations Used after 1617................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
283 - Eighteenth-Century Discard of Clumsy Notations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
285 - Nineteenth Century: Different Positions for Point and for Comma................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
286 - Signs for Repeating Decimals................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
289 - Signs of Powers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
290–315 - General Remarks................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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