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 1
... gave it the title A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical, shewing the original, progress, and advancement thereof, from time to time; and by what steps it hath attained to the heighth at which now it is (Frontispiece). It ...
... gave it the title A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical, shewing the original, progress, and advancement thereof, from time to time; and by what steps it hath attained to the heighth at which now it is (Frontispiece). It ...
Pàgina 2
... gave him a thorough grounding in 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 ...
... gave him a thorough grounding in 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 ...
Pàgina 5
... gave his inaugural lecture as Savilian Professor in 1649 England was far from the forefront in algebra or any other branch of mathematics. In the immediate past the country had suffered six years of civil strife that had brought normal ...
... gave his inaugural lecture as Savilian Professor in 1649 England was far from the forefront in algebra or any other branch of mathematics. In the immediate past the country had suffered six years of civil strife that had brought normal ...
Pàgina 8
... gave new impetus to mathematical study, particularly to algebra. Eventually ideas from abroad, passed at first only from one individual to another, began to become more easily available: Cavalieri's theory of indivisibles became more ...
... gave new impetus to mathematical study, particularly to algebra. Eventually ideas from abroad, passed at first only from one individual to another, began to become more easily available: Cavalieri's theory of indivisibles became more ...
Pàgina 10
... gave Wallis plenty of opportunity to add to his text and he continued to do so up to the last possible moment, the final 'Additions and Emendations' being inserted in 1684 when much of the book was already printed. The opportunity to ...
... gave Wallis plenty of opportunity to add to his text and he continued to do so up to the last possible moment, the final 'Additions and Emendations' being inserted in 1684 when much of the book was already printed. The opportunity 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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