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Richard Balam (fl. 1653), was an English mathematician.

Balam was the author of Algebra, or the Doctrine of composing, inferring, and resolving an Equation (1653). It is a possible source of developments in John Wallis, Mathesis Universalis (1657), relating to geometric progressions treated as an axiomatic theory.

References

1. Richard Balam. eNotes.com. Retrieved March 1st, 2012.
2. Albrecht Heeffer (10 October 2005). "The Rhetoric of Problems in Algebra Texbooks from Pacioli to Euler" (PDF). pp. 27–28. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

• "Balam, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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