Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra (Dover Books on Mathematics) - Softcover

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Klein, Jacob

 
9780486272894: Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra (Dover Books on Mathematics)

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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 &; in which the symbolic "form" of a mathematical statement is completely inseparable from its "content" of physical meaning. Includes a translation of Vieta's Introduction to the Analytical Art. 1968 edition. Bibliography.

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ISBN 10:  0262110253 ISBN 13:  9780262110259
Verlag: MIT Press, 1968
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