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 xii
... introduction to algebra Pell and Wallis 6 Reading between the lines: John Wallis's Arithmetica infinitorum Squaring the circle Praise and criticism The enlargement of the mathematical empire 7 Catching Proteus: the mathematics of ...
... introduction to algebra Pell and Wallis 6 Reading between the lines: John Wallis's Arithmetica infinitorum Squaring the circle Praise and criticism The enlargement of the mathematical empire 7 Catching Proteus: the mathematics of ...
Pàgina 7
... introduced into England another important strand of mathematical thought. English mathematics owed a great deal to this small group of learned aristocrats, Percy, Howard and Cavendish, but at the same time there were moves towards a new ...
... introduced into England another important strand of mathematical thought. English mathematics owed a great deal to this small group of learned aristocrats, Percy, Howard and Cavendish, but at the same time there were moves towards a new ...
Pàgina 9
... introduction to algebra with new material added by John Pell. Adding new material to existing texts served two purposes: it introduced the latest ideas in less time than it took to write a new book, but it also enabled the publication ...
... introduction to algebra with new material added by John Pell. Adding new material to existing texts served two purposes: it introduced the latest ideas in less time than it took to write a new book, but it also enabled the publication ...
Pàgina 10
... Introduction to Algebra I have not yet ready',30 and it seems unlikely that he would have agreed to assist Collins and Dary in 1672 if he was already engaged on a major work on algebra of his own, so we may suppose that the book was not ...
... Introduction to Algebra I have not yet ready',30 and it seems unlikely that he would have agreed to assist Collins and Dary in 1672 if he was already engaged on a major work on algebra of his own, so we may suppose that the book was not ...
Pàgina 19
... introduction of new historiographical techniques, to both of which areas Wallis made important contributions. Here we see juxtaposed his skills and his shortcomings as a historian: sometimes his sources were few and his use of them was ...
... introduction of new historiographical techniques, to both of which areas Wallis made important contributions. Here we see juxtaposed his skills and his shortcomings as a historian: sometimes his sources were few and his use of them was ...
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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