[Maths-Education] Fwd: Re:Why is reciprocal called 'reciprocal'?

[Declan O'Reilly]

Hi Folks,
         Regarding the recent correspondence, I thought the following web 
site suggested by Tanya, one of my PGCE students, might be of interest.

Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year

Declan

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>From: ~tanya~ <edp02tp@sheffield.ac.uk>
>To: "Declan O'Reilly" <d.oreilly@sheffield.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re:Why is reciprocal called 'reciprocal'?
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>This 'reciprocal' thing has been bugging me. Try looking at
>
>http://members.aol.com/jeff570/r.html
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>for the earliest use of the word - apparently a translation of Euclid.
>
>tanya

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