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Book SynopsisThe fifth volume of this definitive edition centres around Newton's Lucasian lectures on algebra, purportedly delivered during 1673â83, and subsequently prepared for publication under the title Arithmetica Universalis many years later. Dr Whiteside first reproduces the text of the lectures deposited by Newton in the Cambridge University Library about 1684. In these much reworked, not quite finished, professional lectiones, Newton builds upon his earlier studies of the fundamentals of algebra and its application to the theory and construction of equations, developing new techniques for the factorizing of algebraic quantities and the delimitation of bounds to the number and location of roots, with a wealth of worked arithmetical, geometrical, mechanical and astronomical problems. An historical introduction traces what is known of the background to the parent manuscript and assesses the subsequent impact of the edition prepared by Whiston about 1705 and the revised version published by Ne
Table of ContentsPart I. The Deposited Lucasian Lectures on Algebra (Winter 1683–1684): Introduction; 1. Preliminary notes and drafts for the 'Arithmetica'; 2. The copy deposited in the Cambridge archives; Part II. The 'Arithmeticæ Universalis Liber Primus' (1684): Introduction; Index of Names
