In Legendre's paper "De Nouvelles Méthodes pour la Détermination des Orbites des Comètes", the term $\&c$ is used. I'm not familiar with that terminology, but it seems to me that it represents higher order terms, mostly $O(t^2)$. Can anyone validate or correct my interpretation of that symbol?
2026-03-27 16:27:50.1774628870
Curious about the meaning of the term '&c' in Legendre's paper
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Thank you, Jean Marie, coffemath, &c, for answering my question. (Notice what I did there with &c?)