Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra
Jacob Klein, "Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra"
English | 1992 | ISBN: 0486272893 | 384 pages | PDF (scan) | 19.2 MB
English | 1992 | ISBN: 0486272893 | 384 pages | PDF (scan) | 19.2 MB
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.