Zusätze zu den logarithmischen und trigonometrischen Tabellen
Year of Conception: ?
Year of Writing: Aug.-Nov. 1769
Year of Publication: 1770
Subject: Mathematical Tables, Number Theory
Publication: Zusätze zu den logarithmischen und trigonometrischen Tabellen, zur Erleichterung und Abkürzung der bey Anwendung der Mathematik vorfallenden Berechnungen. Berlin.(4)
Translations: Supplementa tabularum logarithmicarum et trigonometricarum, edited by Anton Felkel. Lisbon: Royal Academy of Sciences, 1798.(3)
Description:
This collection of mathematical
tables contains a list of factor of all number under 101.000, a list of
prime number under that same limit, hyperbolic trigonometric tables,
tables of squares, cubes and solutions to certain equations etc. In the
long preface, the construction and use of these tables is explained.
This publication marks the beginning of Lambert's table project that
engaged many amateur-computers to extend this collection. The
introduction to the factor table may also be seen as an important
attempt to found a theory of primality and factorisation.
Reviews: ADB 1770, 244(6)
; GGA 1770, 636-639(4) ; NAE 1770, 228-231(7)