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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... Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Oxford University Press. 2002 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2002 All rights ...
... Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Oxford University Press. 2002 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2002 All rights ...
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... deep understanding of life and human nature might live on through the pages of this book. The Queen's College, Oxford J.A.S. April 2002 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 is based on a paper originally published viii PREFACE.
... deep understanding of life and human nature might live on through the pages of this book. The Queen's College, Oxford J.A.S. April 2002 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 is based on a paper originally published viii PREFACE.
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... published in Annals of Science57 (2000), 27–60, see http://www.tandf.co.uk, and Chapter 7 on papers originally published in Notes and Records of the Royal Society54 (2000), 293–316; 317–331. Some of the material in Chapters 4 and 6 was ...
... published in Annals of Science57 (2000), 27–60, see http://www.tandf.co.uk, and Chapter 7 on papers originally published in Notes and Records of the Royal Society54 (2000), 293–316; 317–331. Some of the material in Chapters 4 and 6 was ...
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... published the first substantial history of the subject. He described his book as 'a large discourse concerning algebra',1 and gave it the title A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical, shewing the original, progress, and ...
... published the first substantial history of the subject. He described his book as 'a large discourse concerning algebra',1 and gave it the title A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical, shewing the original, progress, and ...
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... published a comprehensive textbook on arithmetic that also includes some historical sections, his Mathesis universalis sive arithmeticum opus integrum (1657); the first systematic algebraic treatment of conics, De sectionibus conicis ...
... published a comprehensive textbook on arithmetic that also includes some historical sections, his Mathesis universalis sive arithmeticum opus integrum (1657); the first systematic algebraic treatment of conics, De sectionibus conicis ...
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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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