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Excerpt from History of the Theory of Numbers, Vol. 2: Diophantine Analysis
Following the plan used in Volume I, we proceed to give an account in untechnical language Of the main landmarks in the successive chapters. If a reader will not pause to read this entire introduction, let him sample it by selecting the account of the final chapter. This introduction is followed by an explanation of the author's point of view in producing a work quite different from conventional histories.
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