Re: Deriving the Quadratic Formula

Ken Pledger <ken.pledger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


This whole story is your own invention. What reason have you to
think the ancients proceeded that way? Also, haven't you read my
earlier reply in the <sci.logic> news group, including a reference book?

History isn't something you can invent, like a new mathematical
theory.

Oh, I don't know... inventing history has been a very popular
activity for a long time, especially common in political
arguments.
--
Robert Israel israel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Department of Mathematics http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
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