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\it \llap{``}Having explained the method of determining an infinite number
of points lying on any curve, I think I have furnished a~way
to describe them.''

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\rightline{--Ren\'e Descartes (1637)}

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\it \llap{``}I might compare the high-speed computing machine to a remarkably
large and awkward pencil which takes a long time to sharpen and cannot
be held in the fingers in the usual manner so that it gives the
illusion of responding to my thoughts, but is fitted with a
rather delicate engine and will write like a mad thing provided I am
willing to let it dictate pretty much the subjects on which it writes.''

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\rightline{--R. H. Bruck (1956)}

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