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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... , humour and deep understanding of life and human nature might live on through the pages of this book. The Queen's College, Oxford J.A.S. April 2002 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 is based on a paper originally published viii PREFACE.
... , humour and deep understanding of life and human nature might live on through the pages of this book. The Queen's College, Oxford J.A.S. April 2002 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 is based on a paper originally published viii PREFACE.
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English Algebra to 1685 Jacqueline A. Stedall. Acknowledgements. Chapter 3 is based on a paper originally published in ... Chapters 4 and 6 was originally published in Archive for History of Exact Sciences54 (2000), 455–497 and 56 (2001) ...
English Algebra to 1685 Jacqueline A. Stedall. Acknowledgements. Chapter 3 is based on a paper originally published in ... Chapters 4 and 6 was originally published in Archive for History of Exact Sciences54 (2000), 455–497 and 56 (2001) ...
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... others. Methods in number theory developed by William Brouncker and Wallis. Conclusion. Chapters 73–97 Chapters 98 and 99 Chapters 100 Everything from Chapter 15 onwards is about the work of 14 A LARGE DISCOURSE CONCERNING ALGEBRA.
... others. Methods in number theory developed by William Brouncker and Wallis. Conclusion. Chapters 73–97 Chapters 98 and 99 Chapters 100 Everything from Chapter 15 onwards is about the work of 14 A LARGE DISCOURSE CONCERNING ALGEBRA.
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English Algebra to 1685 Jacqueline A. Stedall. Everything from Chapter 15 onwards is about the work of seventeenthcentury English mathematicians, with most of whom Wallis was personally acquainted. The first fourteen chapters were ...
English Algebra to 1685 Jacqueline A. Stedall. Everything from Chapter 15 onwards is about the work of seventeenthcentury English mathematicians, with most of whom Wallis was personally acquainted. The first fourteen chapters were ...
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... chapters that follow, I take up Wallis's text anew and, as previous readers have done, engage with it in a variety of ... chapter that follows this one pays particular attention to Wallis's historiography. In his discussion of the spread ...
... chapters that follow, I take up Wallis's text anew and, as previous readers have done, engage with it in a variety of ... chapter that follows this one pays particular attention to Wallis's historiography. In his discussion of the spread ...
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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 |
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