Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra by Jacob Klein, Eva Brann

Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra

Jacob Klein, Eva Brann

384 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics philosophy challenging informative medium-paced
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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 numb...

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