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=== August 23, 1638 === | |||
[[File:René Descartes (23 Aug 1638).png|link=August 23|[[René Descartes (nonfiction)|René Descartes]], in a letter to [[Marin Mersenne (nonfiction)|Marin Mersenne]], proposed his folium (x-cubed + y-cubed = 2axy) as a test case to challenge [[Pierre de Fermat (nonfiction)|Pierre de Fermat]]'s differentiation techniques. To Descartes' embarrassment, Fermat's method worked.]] | |||
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Online diary of Karl Jones for Sunday August 23, 2020.
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