Explorations and false trails the innovative techniques that brought about modern algebra

Zusammenfassung: This book provides a unique perspective on the history of European algebra up to the advent of Viète and Descartes. The standard version of this history is written on the basis of a narrow and misleading source basis: the Latin translations of al-Khwārizmī, Fibonacci's Liber ab...

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1. Verfasser:	Høyrup, Jens Egede 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cham Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer 2024
Ausgabe:	1st ed. 2024
Schriftenreihe:	SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology
Schlagworte:	Science > History. Mathematics. History. Mathematik Geschichte History of Science. History of Mathematical Sciences.
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Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Geometric proofs
Chapter 2. Powers of the unknown
Chapter 3. Abbreviations, glyphs, symbols and symbolic calculation
Chapter 4. Embedding and parenthesis function
Chapter 5. Several unknowns
Chapter 6. The transition to incipient modern algebra
Bibliography
Index.

Explorations and false trails the innovative techniques that brought about modern algebra

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