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              <s xml:space="preserve"> Calculations on a general series with constant third difference
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              .
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              The third, second, and first rows begin with
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              respectively.
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              The series 10, 15, 23, ... is used as an example, thus
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              denote successive sums of terms, taken two at a time.
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          <head xml:space="preserve" xml:lang="lat"> 9) Differentiæ differentiarum differentiarum
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          [
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          Differences of differences of differences of ]</head>
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