Greek mathematical thought and the origin of algebra

Type:

boek

Titel:

Greek mathematical thought and the origin of algebra

Andere titel:

Die griechische Logistik und die Entstehung der Algebra

Auteur:

Klein, Jacob; Brann, Eva; Smith, J. Winfree; Viète, François

Jaar:

1968

Onderwerp:

Wiskunde; geschiedenis

Taal:

Engels

Uitgever:

Cambridge (Mass.) : MIT press, 1968

Plaatsnummer:

GUISL.VDB 510.161 (Museum Dr. Guislain)

Paginering:

XV, 360 p.

Nota:

Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th-16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-century development of symbolic algebra. This brought about the crucial change in the concept of number that made possible modern science - in which the symbolic "form" of a mathematical statement is completely inseparable from its "content" of physical meaning. Includes a translation of Vieta's Introduction to the Analytical Art.

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