Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra : Dover Books on Mathematics - JACOB KLEIN

Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra

By: JACOB KLEIN

Paperback | 11 September 1992

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Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th-16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-century development of symbolic algebra. This brought about the crucial change in the concept of number that made possible modern science. Includes a translation of Vieta's Introduction to the Analytical Art. 1968 edition. Bibliography.

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