The History of Mathematics: A Brief Course

SUBJECT INDEX 593

Qin Dynasty, 27
quadratic equation, 235, 401, 407, 420, 437,
460
positive roots, 421
quadratic formula, 416
quadratic incommensurables, 297
quadratic reciprocity, 192, 219
quadratrix, 275, 280, 281, 310, 353
Quadrature of the Parabola, 324
quadrilateral, 262
area, 263, 268
cyclic, 263, 268
Lambert, 333
Saccheri, 333, 350
Thabit, 333, 338, 339, 350
quadrivium, 19, 26, 48, 58
quantum field theory, 71
quantum mechanics, 67
Quarterly Journal, 452
quartic equation, 417, 437, 442
quaternion, 452, 453, 460
quinquenove, 515
quintic equation, 446, 449
Radcliffe College, 102
radium-228, 532
radius of curvature, 373
rainbow, 55
random variable, 512, 523
ratio, 291
composite, 292, 324, 353
duplicate, 292
mean and extreme, 297
rational number, 159, 187, 429
ratios, first and last, 469
Real and Complex Analysis, 489
real number, 187
Recherches sur la probabilita des jugemens,
522
reciprocals, 140
reciprocity, 459
rectangle, 235, 333
rectangular hyperbola, 425
regular solids, 298, 299, 357
Archimedes on, 301
Reisner Papyrus, 34
relative rate, 469
relatively prime, 161, 165, 169, 186, 557
relativity, 67, 383
Renaissance, 357
Carolingian, 329
Republic, 19, 286, 312
residue, 189
resolvent, 441
Galois, 448
retrograde motion, 305
Review of Modern Physics, 38
revised Julian calendar, 128
Revolution

American, 64

French, 72

Revue scientifique, 93

Rhind Papyrus, 13, 129-135

Rhodes, 327

Riemann hypothesis, 195

Riemann integral, 502

Riemann mapping theorem, 482

Riemann surface, 387, 494

Riemann zeta function, 194

Riemann-Roch theorem, 495

Riemannian manifold, 385

rigid body motion, 90

rigle des premiers, 430

ring, 460

Noetherian, 454

ring of sets, 393

Rolle's theorem, 391

Roman Empire, 317

Roman numerals, 119, 143

Rome, 236, 299

Room squares, 71, 210

root of an equation, 423, 437

rope fixers (surveyors), 237

Rough Draft, 362

row reduction, 405

Royal Astronomical Society, 86

Royal Irish Academy, 86

Royal Society, 66, 468, 473

RSA codes, 189

Rubaiyat, 57

Rule of Three, 134, 135, 140, 155, 428

Russell's paradox, 549, 553, 554, 556

Russia, 3, 73

Russian Academy of Sciences, 188

Russian, number words, 127

Sabians, 56

Saccheri quadrilateral, 333, 350

Sachsische Landesbibliothek, 37

Saint Andrew's University, 94

Saint Gerald, 59

Sakhalin, 115

Salem, Massachusetts, 65

Samarkand, 55, 332

Samos, 42

Sampo Ketsugi-sho, 53

sanbob (abacus), 51

Sand-reckoner, 120

sangaku, 52, 252, 417

Sanskrit, 21, 23, 112, 118, 212, 233, 330, 422

Saturn, 176

Saxony, 37

scale, musical, 216

schema, 554

Science, 530

Scotland, 325

scroll, 360

Scuola Normale Superiore, 73