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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Pàgina 2
... discussion of English mathematics during the medieval period to his inclusion of some of Newton's results on infinite series, then the latest work available, and at every stage investigates his sources and his interpretations. It also ...
... discussion of English mathematics during the medieval period to his inclusion of some of Newton's results on infinite series, then the latest work available, and at every stage investigates his sources and his interpretations. It also ...
Pàgina 5
... discussions with Fermat and Frenicle on number problems and quarrelled with Blaise Pascal over the latter's dismissive treatment of his work on the cycloid,13 and in 1667–68 he went to considerable lengths to contest the work of two ...
... discussions with Fermat and Frenicle on number problems and quarrelled with Blaise Pascal over the latter's dismissive treatment of his work on the cycloid,13 and in 1667–68 he went to considerable lengths to contest the work of two ...
Pàgina 16
... discussion as the book progressed of algebra in relation to geometry, though he could not resist putting in a few examples to demonstrate the applicability of the methods of Oughtred, Harriot or Pell. Only once did he come close to a ...
... discussion as the book progressed of algebra in relation to geometry, though he could not resist putting in a few examples to demonstrate the applicability of the methods of Oughtred, Harriot or Pell. Only once did he come close to a ...
Pàgina 17
... discussion of the spread of the Hindu-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 ...
... discussion of the spread of the Hindu-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 ...
Pàgina 20
... discuss mathematical content: 'I do not teach the science itself, but only write about it'.2 Vossius based his history on numerous facts and details drawn from earlier authorities (whom he cited frequently); his own contribution to ...
... discuss mathematical content: 'I do not teach the science itself, but only write about it'.2 Vossius based his history on numerous facts and details drawn from earlier authorities (whom he cited frequently); his own contribution to ...
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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