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An Introduction to the History of Algebra: Solving Equations from Mesopotamian Times to the Renaissance (Mathematical World) (Mathematical World, 27) - Softcover
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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 to ease the...
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... a basic introduction to the types of problems that illustrate the earliest forms of algebra. It would be particularly useful for an instructor who is looking for examples to help enliven a course on elementary algebra with problems drawn from actual historical texts. ----Warren Van Egmond about the French edition for MathSciNet
Highly Recommended. ---- CHOICE Magazine
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- PublisherAmerican Mathematical Society
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0821844733
- ISBN 13 9780821844731
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages174
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