“In 1588, when Ursus published the method of prosthaphæresis, he did not give any sources. But he acknowledged his debt to Wittich and Bürgi in... De astronomicis hypothesibus [1597]... Once Ursus... published the method... spread... and was improved by other mathematicians, in particular Clavius.”

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