Greek Mathematical Thought And The Origin Of Algebra

by Jacob Klein

2021-01-09 21:25:15

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 ... Read more
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. 1968 edition. Bibliography. Less

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File size8.5 X 5.38 X 0.68 in
Print pages384
PublisherDover Publications
Publication date September 11, 1992
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780486272894

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