7136
[Commentary:
The problem pursued in this and many other folios in Add MS 6784 is 'the cutting-off of an area',
as set out in Pappus, Mathematicae collectiones,
(Pappus , Book 7. For a statement of the problem see Add MS 6784
f. . In this and the two subsequent folios, Harriot examines the section that gives a maximum area. ]
1) pro
[Translation: For the ]
[Translation: For the ]
Sit . et cætera ut in charta. 7.)
ponatur: . et est ipsius
[Translation: Let , and so on, as in sheet 7.
Put , and it is the maximum.
ponatur: . et est ipsius
[Translation: Let , and so on, as in sheet 7.
Put , and it is the maximum.