Expression of a rational as an iterative sequence of addition and inversion of integers

Trattato del modo brevissimo di trouare la radice quadra delli numeri, et regole da approssimarsi di coninuo al vero nelle radice de' numeri non quadrati, con le cause, et inventioni loro. Et anco il modo di pigliarne la radice cuba, applicando il tutto alle operationi militari et altre / Di Pietro Antonio Cataldi.

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