Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6782

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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> At the top of the page is a numerical table in which the leftmost column contains sums of fourth powers (1 + 16 + 81 + ...).
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              Below that is a smaller numerical table in which the leftmost column contains sums of squares.
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              Further down on the right is a numerical table in which the leftmost column contains sums of cubes.
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              Each table lists successive differences until a final (constant) difference is </s>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> The references to Maurolico are to his
                <emph style="it">Arithmeticorum libri duo</emph>
              (1575)
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              . These pages contain tables of several kinds of figurate numbers. </s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> Ad summam
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            [
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            For the sum of squares of ]</s>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> Vide Maurolicum
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            in Arithmeticis
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            pag. 52.
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            63.
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            [
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            See Maurolico, in his Arithmetic, pages 52, 63, ]</s>
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            For the sum of ]</s>
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