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Excerpt from The Sumario Compendioso of Brother Juan D ez: The Earliest Mathematical Work of the New World In making the translation the original methods of expression have been fol lowed in many cases in which smoother diction would have suggested greater free dom of rendition The reason has been, in general, the desire to bring such expressions as 8 per cent, 8 per one com and 91 a. Com, and four and 5 into sharp contrast with the corresponding ones of the present time, and to show the great advance in symbolism and in methods of solution and proof. Such minor errors as were common in a century of careless proofreading have usually been corrected without comment. Aside from this, a certain freedom of translation has been assumed for the evident purpose of aiding the reader to follow the spirit of the text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
