Jens Høyrup

Explorations and False Trails (eBook, PDF)

The Innovative Techniques That Brought About Modern Algebra

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 143
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031481581
• Artikelnr.: 71337568

Autorenporträt

Jens Egede Høyrup, born in 1943 in Copenhagen, is a Danish historian of mathematics, specializing in pre-modern and early modern mathematics, ancient Mesopotamian mathematics and the abbacus tradition in particular. He is especially known for his interpretation of what has often been referred to as Old Babylonian "algebra" as consisting of concrete, geometric manipulations.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. Geometric proofs.- Chapter 2. Powers of the unknown.- Chapter 3. Abbreviations, glyphs, symbols and symbolic calculation.- Chapter 4. Embedding and parenthesis function.- Chapter 5. Several unknowns.- Chapter 6. The transition to incipient modern algebra.- Bibliography.- Index.