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Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra

By Jacob Klein

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
1992
ISBN
0486272893, 9780486272894
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
19 MB (19914799 bytes)
Series
Dover Books on Mathematics
Pages
384\0
Time added
2013-05-21 16:53:03

Description

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. Includes a translation of Vieta's Introduction to the Analytical Art. 1968 edition. Bibliography.

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