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Merton College

college, University of Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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medieval mathematics

  • Babylonian mathematical tablet
    In mathematics: The universities

    …Bradwardine, who was active in Merton College, Oxford, in the first half of the 14th century, was one of the first medieval scholars to ask whether the continuum can be divided infinitely or whether there are smallest parts (indivisibles). Among other topics, he compared different geometric shapes in terms of…

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