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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... never failed to respond with stimulating and constructive comments. Many of those comments, whether as to theme and structure, or the correct placing of commas, are incorporated into the text. But I hope that the book captures John's ...
... never failed to respond with stimulating and constructive comments. Many of those comments, whether as to theme and structure, or the correct placing of commas, are incorporated into the text. But I hope that the book captures John's ...
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... never published any of his mathematics his papers circulated privately and some of his algebra was published posthumously in 1631. In that same year Oughtred brought out his Clavis mathematicae, an elementary but influential textbook on ...
... never published any of his mathematics his papers circulated privately and some of his algebra was published posthumously in 1631. In that same year Oughtred brought out his Clavis mathematicae, an elementary but influential textbook on ...
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... never explained his method, and I offer a possible reconstruction of his work using only the relatively limited mathematical tools that he had at his disposal. The chapter on Brouncker also compares the very different mathematical ...
... never explained his method, and I offer a possible reconstruction of his work using only the relatively limited mathematical tools that he had at his disposal. The chapter on Brouncker also compares the very different mathematical ...
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... never more than a fragile candle in a vast surrounding darkness, and was all but extinguished in the invasions and instability of the three following centuries. Only early in the twelfth century did scholars in England and elsewhere ...
... never more than a fragile candle in a vast surrounding darkness, and was all but extinguished in the invasions and instability of the three following centuries. Only early in the twelfth century did scholars in England and elsewhere ...
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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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