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Date of the Original Descartes Manuscript

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Descartes on Polyhedra

Part of the book series: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences ((SOURCES,volume 4))

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While the date of 1676 for the Leibniz copy is known, the date of the manuscript of Descartes is not known.

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Federico, P.J. (1982). Date of the Original Descartes Manuscript. In: Descartes on Polyhedra. Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, vol 4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5759-2_4

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