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A reconstruction of Joncourt's table of triangular numbers (1762)

Denis Roegel
Proof-oriented development of computer-based systems

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This is an analysis and reconstruction of Joncourt's table of triangular numbers, one of only very few such tables, which was an alternative to other methods for the computation of squares, the extraction of square roots, and even the multiplication.

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Software Engineering [cs.SE] History and Overview [math.HO]
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hal-00880843 , version 1 (06-11-2013)

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Denis Roegel. A reconstruction of Joncourt's table of triangular numbers (1762). [Research Report] 2013. ⟨hal-00880843⟩

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