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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... Latin (which he wrote as easily as English) and also in Greek and some Hebrew, but he learned elementary arithmetic only from the textbooks and instruction of a younger brother who was preparing to go into trade.4 At Emmanuel College ...
... Latin (which he wrote as easily as English) and also in Greek and some Hebrew, but he learned elementary arithmetic only from the textbooks and instruction of a younger brother who was preparing to go into trade.4 At Emmanuel College ...
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... Latin. Long and successful as it was, Wallis's career was not without personal and mathematical controversy. In 1657 he was appointed Custos archivorum (Keeper of the University Archives) despite protestations from those who 4 A LARGE ...
... Latin. Long and successful as it was, Wallis's career was not without personal and mathematical controversy. In 1657 he was appointed Custos archivorum (Keeper of the University Archives) despite protestations from those who 4 A LARGE ...
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... 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 taken up ...
... 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 taken up ...
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... Latin translation of Descartes' La géométrie in 1649. From the 1650s onwards these factors combined to produce an explosion of creativity in English mathematics, and right from the beginning Wallis was at the heart of it. A. treatise. of.
... Latin translation of Descartes' La géométrie in 1649. From the 1650s onwards these factors combined to produce an explosion of creativity in English mathematics, and right from the beginning Wallis was at the heart of it. A. treatise. of.
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... Latin edition in 1667, and Johann Rahn's Teutsche Algebra of 1659 was translated into English and published in 1668 as An introduction to algebra with new material added by John Pell. Adding new material to existing texts served two ...
... Latin edition in 1667, and Johann Rahn's Teutsche Algebra of 1659 was translated into English and published in 1668 as An introduction to algebra with new material added by John Pell. Adding new material to existing texts served two ...
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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