A Discourse Concerning Algebra: English Algebra to 1685OUP Oxford, 16 de gen. 2003 - 306 pàgines For historians of mathematics and those interested in the history of science, 'A Discourse Concerning Algebra' provides an new and readable account of the rise of algebra in England from the Medieval period to the later years of the 17th century. Including new research, this is the most detailed study to date of early modern English algebra, which builds on work published in 1685 by John Wallis (Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford) on the history of algebra. Stedall's book follows the reception and dissemination of important algebraic ideas and methods from continental Europe (especially those of Viéte) and the consequent revolution in the state of English mathematics in the 17th century. The text emphasises the contribution of Wallis, but substantial reference is also provided to other important mathematicans such as Harriot, Oughtred, Pell and Brouncker. |
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... Arabic it is called al-jabr' 'The Italians have given it the name of Regula cosae' 'Cardan gives it the name of Ars magna' 'What we commonly call algebra is by a Greek name called Analysis' Wallis's account of early algebra 3 Ariadne's ...
... Arabic it is called al-jabr' 'The Italians have given it the name of Regula cosae' 'Cardan gives it the name of Ars magna' 'What we commonly call algebra is by a Greek name called Analysis' Wallis's account of early algebra 3 Ariadne's ...
Pàgina 6
... Arabic to Latin was done by an Englishman, Robert of Chester, in Spain around 1150, Robert's translation was unknown in England until many centuries later. Instead, as will be described more fully later in this book, Arabic algebra was ...
... Arabic to Latin was done by an Englishman, Robert of Chester, in Spain around 1150, Robert's translation was unknown in England until many centuries later. Instead, as will be described more fully later in this book, Arabic algebra was ...
Pàgina 14
... Arabic numeral system. Thus we see side by side with the traditional 'list of names' approach, the beginning of a modern historiography of mathematics, with careful reading of primary sources and attention to the emergence and spread of ...
... Arabic numeral system. Thus we see side by side with the traditional 'list of names' approach, the beginning of a modern historiography of mathematics, with careful reading of primary sources and attention to the emergence and spread of ...
Pàgina 17
... Arabic numerals in particular Wallis drew his conclusions not from earlier authorities but from direct reading of manuscripts and artefacts, and in this respect he can be considered perhaps the first modern historian of mathematics ...
... Arabic numerals in particular Wallis drew his conclusions not from earlier authorities but from direct reading of manuscripts and artefacts, and in this respect he can be considered perhaps the first modern historian of mathematics ...
Pàgina 21
... Arabic to Latin, and three different versions are ascribed to him:18 Wallis knew one version in the Savile Library and another in Trinity College, Oxford.19 Wallis also mentioned as collectors and translators of Arabic texts Daniel ...
... Arabic to Latin, and three different versions are ascribed to him:18 Wallis knew one version in the Savile Library and another in Trinity College, Oxford.19 Wallis also mentioned as collectors and translators of Arabic texts Daniel ...
Continguts
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William Oughtreds Clavis | 55 |
Thomas Harriot and his Treatise on equations | 88 |
uncovering the mathematics of John Pell | 126 |
John Walliss Arithmetica infinitorum | 155 |
the mathematics of William Brouncker | 183 |
8 Many pretty things worth looking into | 208 |
Notes | 219 |
Bibliographies | 261 |
Index | 289 |
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A Discourse Concerning Algebra: English Algebra to 1685 Jacqueline A. Stedall Previsualització limitada - 2002 |
A Discourse Concerning Algebra: English Algebra to 1685 Jacqueline A. Stedall Previsualització limitada - 2002 |
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