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An introduction to the history of algebra : solving equations from Mesopotamian times to the Renaissance
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An introduction to the history of algebra : solving equations from Mesopotamian times to the Renaissance

Author: Jacques Sesiano
Publisher: Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, ©2009.
Series: Mathematical world, v. 27.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This book does not aim to give an exhaustive survey of the history of algebra up to early modern times but merely to present some significant steps in solving equations and, wherever applicable, to link these developments to the extension of the number system. Various examples of problems, with their typical solution methods, are analyzed, and sometimes translated completely. Indeed, it is another aim of this book  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jacques Sesiano
ISBN: 9780821844731 0821844733
OCLC Number: 314377945
Description: viii, 174 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Algebra in Mesopotamia --
Algebra in ancient Greece --
Algebra in the Islamic world --
Algebra in medieval Europe --
Algebra in the Renaissance --
Appendix A : Mesopotamian texts in translation --
Appendix B : Greek and Latin texts --
Appendix C : Arabic texts --
Appendix D : Hebrew text --
Appendix E : French, German, Italian, and Provençal texts.
Series Title: Mathematical world, v. 27.
Other Titles: Introduction à l'histoire de l'algèbre.
Responsibility: Jacques Sesiano ; translated by Anna Pierrehumbert.

Abstract:

"This book does not aim to give an exhaustive survey of the history of algebra up to early modern times but merely to present some significant steps in solving equations and, wherever applicable, to link these developments to the extension of the number system. Various examples of problems, with their typical solution methods, are analyzed, and sometimes translated completely. Indeed, it is another aim of this book to ease the reader's access to modern editions of old mathematical texts, or even to the original texts; to this end, some of the problems discussed in the text have been reproduced in the appendices in their original language (Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, French, German, Provencal, and Italian) with explicative notes."--BOOK JACKET.

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