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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... further mention of it until some ten years later. To understand how A treatise of algebra eventually came to be written in the early 1670s, and why it was not printed until 1685, it is helpful to know something about the state of ...
... further mention of it until some ten years later. To understand how A treatise of algebra eventually came to be written in the early 1670s, and why it was not printed until 1685, it is helpful to know something about the state of ...
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... further volume containing results discovered by Dutch or French mathematicians: Hudde, De Beaune, Bartholin, Dulaurens, Kinckhuysen, Ferguson, Brasser and Verstay.24 Wallis was again invited to advise and assist, though the work of ...
... further volume containing results discovered by Dutch or French mathematicians: Hudde, De Beaune, Bartholin, Dulaurens, Kinckhuysen, Ferguson, Brasser and Verstay.24 Wallis was again invited to advise and assist, though the work of ...
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... further subscriptions at the same rate. A Proposal to publish A treatise of algebra was circulated in 1683 (Fig. 1.2); it invited subscribers to send a deposit of five shillings before December 1683 and promised to print at a rate of ...
... further subscriptions at the same rate. A Proposal to publish A treatise of algebra was circulated in 1683 (Fig. 1.2); it invited subscribers to send a deposit of five shillings before December 1683 and promised to print at a rate of ...
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... Further manuscripts were given in 1659 by John Selden (1554–1654),40 and in 1683 by Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), the latter reflecting Ashmole's special interest in alchemy and astronomy.41 In addition, the 1650s saw a rapid proliferation ...
... Further manuscripts were given in 1659 by John Selden (1554–1654),40 and in 1683 by Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), the latter reflecting Ashmole's special interest in alchemy and astronomy.41 In addition, the 1650s saw a rapid proliferation ...
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... further than he did in separating and analysing the different strands of algebraic thought that emerged during this important transitional period. The remaining chapters of this book focus on seventeenth-century England, on the work of ...
... further than he did in separating and analysing the different strands of algebraic thought that emerged during this important transitional period. The remaining chapters of this book focus on seventeenth-century England, on the work of ...
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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