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Le Gendre, A.M. - Essay on the theory of numbers.
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179
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Le Gendre, A.M. - Essay on the theory of numbers.
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
Le Gendre, A.M. - Essay on the theory of numbers. Paris, Duprat, An VI [1798]. In-4, contemporary woollen calf, gilt roulette frame on covers, smooth spine decorated, spinebands and corners rubbed, beginning of a split at lower spineband, headbands faded, inside very fresh - xxij pp., [1 f.] errata, 472 pp., [28 ff.]. First edition. A fundamental and pioneering work in which Legendre (1752-1833) describes his discovery of quadratic reciprocity, later described by Gauss as the "jewel of arithmetic". Another discovery was the law on the distribution of prime numbers.
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Ref. : E0636 - 3
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