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436 Index<br />

convergence tests, 265<br />

counter example, 7, 12<br />

crisis, 11<br />

critical attitude, 9<br />

critical revision, xiii, xiv, 9, 191, 192, 281,<br />

392<br />

cumulative nature <strong>of</strong> mathematics, 281<br />

cyclotomic equation, 52, 79<br />

cyclotomic equation, 72, 83, 142, 150–152,<br />

316<br />

cyclotomic equations, 150<br />

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, 24<br />

degree <strong>of</strong> equivalence, 92<br />

degree <strong>of</strong> substitution, 91<br />

degree <strong>of</strong> equivalence, 86, 87<br />

delineation problem, 400<br />

delineation <strong>of</strong> concepts, xiv, 139, 272, 390,<br />

395<br />

delineation <strong>of</strong> solvable equations, 395<br />

delineation problem, xiv, 341<br />

Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt, 24<br />

descent down string <strong>of</strong> equations, 148<br />

dialectics, 11<br />

differentiable functions, 395<br />

Dirichlet boxing-in principle, 109<br />

disciplinary matrix, 400<br />

divergent series, 265, 267<br />

division <strong>of</strong> the lemniscate, 315<br />

division problem, 155, 157, 313<br />

for circular functions, 150<br />

for the lemniscate, 154<br />

for elliptic functions, 142, 150, 153<br />

for the circle, 6, 74, 151, 154<br />

for the lemniscate, 154<br />

<strong>of</strong> the circle, 150<br />

domain <strong>of</strong> rationality, 159<br />

elementary symmetric relations, 59<br />

epistemic configuration, 13<br />

epistemic object, 13<br />

epistemic technique, 13<br />

equality<br />

arithmetical, 9<br />

formal, 9<br />

Euclid’s division algorithm, 142<br />

Euclid’s division algorithm, 141, 158, 159<br />

Euclidean construction, 74<br />

Euler’s hypothesis, 80<br />

exception, 7, 396<br />

exception barring, 12<br />

exceptions, xiii<br />

false roots, 57<br />

falsification, 12<br />

Fermat primes, 79, 318<br />

fictuous roots, 57<br />

form <strong>of</strong> expression, 67<br />

formal concept <strong>of</strong> equality, 9<br />

formula based mathematics, xiii, xiv, 13, 263,<br />

373, 374, 378, 387–392<br />

French Revolution, 3, 40, 43<br />

functional equations, 261<br />

Fundamental <strong>The</strong>orem <strong>of</strong> Algebra, 5, 10, 58,<br />

80, 82, 95, 159<br />

Galois theory, 99<br />

Grand prix, 375<br />

groupe, 75<br />

habituation, xiii, xiv<br />

hyperbola, 285, 287<br />

hyperelliptic functions, 377<br />

hyperelliptic integrals, 350, 351, 376, 377<br />

hypergeometric series, 198–201, 296<br />

identical substitution, 91<br />

imagined roots, 57<br />

imprimitive groups, 86<br />

indecomposable functions, 158<br />

indeterminate series, 265, 267<br />

index, 87<br />

index <strong>of</strong> a function, 92, 93<br />

indicative divisor, 92<br />

inertia <strong>of</strong> mathematical community, 80<br />

inherited property, 148<br />

Institut, 348<br />

Institut de France, 90, 181, 186, 348<br />

intransitive groups, 86<br />

irreducibility, 157<br />

irreducible equations, 159<br />

irreducible <strong>Abel</strong>ian equations, 176<br />

irreducible <strong>Abel</strong>ian equations, 52<br />

irreducible equations, 52, 141, 142, 146, 158<br />

Journal, 33, 35–37, 39, 122, 126, 128, 129, 155,<br />

223, 244, 261, 265, 269, 278, 299, 300,<br />

303, 337, 339, 341, 376, 377<br />

Journal d’École Polytechnique, 90<br />

Journal de mathématiques pures et appliquées,<br />

181, 236<br />

Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik,<br />

4, 5, 29, 73, 98, 126<br />

Königlichen Friedrichs-Gymnasium, 135<br />

l’Hospital’s rule, 322

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