Jacqueline Stedall

The Greate Invention of Algebra

Thomas Harriot's Treatise on Equations

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is an important new resource for understanding the development of algebra in seventeenth-century England.

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The Great Invention of Algebra provides an insight into the work of Thomas Harriot, an innovative thinker and practitioner in several branches of the mathematical sciences, including navigation, astronomy, optics, geometry and algebra. This book focuses on one hundred and forty of these manuscript pages and concentrates on Harriot's work on the structure and solution of equations.

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Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9780198526025
• ISBN-10: 0198526024
• Artikelnr.: 22327045

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
II: Harriot's algebra after 1621
III: Harriot's reputation and influence
The manuscripts
Treatise on equations
Appendix: Correlations between Harriot's manuscripts and the texts of Viete, Warner and Torporley
Bibliography