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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... manuscripts Primary sources: printed books Secondary sources Index 111 117 126 135 139 155 156 165 173 183 185 196 208 212 215 219 261 261 264 276 289 1 A large discourse concerning algebra Without algebra, modern mathematics xii CONTENTS.
... manuscripts Primary sources: printed books Secondary sources Index 111 117 126 135 139 155 156 165 173 183 185 196 208 212 215 219 261 261 264 276 289 1 A large discourse concerning algebra Without algebra, modern mathematics xii CONTENTS.
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... manuscript. He was a tireless letter writer and corresponded from time to time with the finest mathematicians on the continent, from Fermat in the 1650s to Huygens and Leibniz in the 1690s.11 During the 1690s all Wallis's publications ...
... manuscript. He was a tireless letter writer and corresponded from time to time with the finest mathematicians on the continent, from Fermat in the 1650s to Huygens and Leibniz in the 1690s.11 During the 1690s all Wallis's publications ...
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... manuscripts: sixteenthcentury printed texts, about forty handwritten volumes containing copies of Greek or Latin texts, and a few important volumes of medieval manuscripts. All the seventeenth-century Savilian professors, including ...
... manuscripts: sixteenthcentury printed texts, about forty handwritten volumes containing copies of Greek or Latin texts, and a few important volumes of medieval manuscripts. All the seventeenth-century Savilian professors, including ...
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... manuscripts and artefacts, and in this respect he can be considered perhaps the first modern historian of mathematics. Unfortunately his enthusiasm for historical research did not extend to the rise of algebra in Renaissance Europe ...
... manuscripts and artefacts, and in this respect he can be considered perhaps the first modern historian of mathematics. Unfortunately his enthusiasm for historical research did not extend to the rise of algebra in Renaissance Europe ...
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... manuscripts and artefacts in the monasteries and colleges of England, and he spent the best part of the next ten years on the work. On New Year's Day in 1545 he presented the King with an account of his journey,4 and planned a full ...
... manuscripts and artefacts in the monasteries and colleges of England, and he spent the best part of the next ten years on the work. On New Year's Day in 1545 he presented the King with an account of his journey,4 and planned a full ...
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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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