Mathematics.- Gauss.- Ciccolini (Lodovico) Formole analitiche pel calcolo della Pasqua e correzione
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NO RESERVE Mathematics.- Gauss.- Ciccolini (Lodovico) Formole analitiche pel calcolo della Pasqua e correzione di quelle di Gauss con critiche osservazioni su quanto ha scritto del calendario il Delambre, first edition, 5 folding letterpress tables, occasional foxing or light staining, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, 8vo, Rome, Romanis, 1817.
⁂ An attempt by this Italian mathematician (sometime collaborator with Lalande) to mediate in the dispute between Delambre and Gauss on the calculation of the date of Easter. Gauss's first algorithm, published in 1800, contained an error, and he published a correction in 1816. See Reinhold Bien 'Gauß and beyond: the making of Easter algorithms', Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 58(5), July 2004, 439-452.
⁂ An attempt by this Italian mathematician (sometime collaborator with Lalande) to mediate in the dispute between Delambre and Gauss on the calculation of the date of Easter. Gauss's first algorithm, published in 1800, contained an error, and he published a correction in 1816. See Reinhold Bien 'Gauß and beyond: the making of Easter algorithms', Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 58(5), July 2004, 439-452.
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