Nicolas Chuquet, Renaissance Mathematician: A study with extensive translation of Chuquet's mathematical manuscript completed in 1484

Barbara Moss

ISBN 10: 9400965044 / ISBN 13: 9789400965041

Published by D. Reidel Publishing Company, 2013

About this Item

1985 edition. 400 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.91 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-9400965044

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nicolas Chuquet, Renaissance Mathematician: A study with extensive translation of Chuquet's mathematical manuscript completed in 1484
• Publisher: D. Reidel Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9400965044
• ISBN 13: 9789400965041
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.61 kilograms

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Synopsis

My attention was first drawn to Chuquet' s mathematical manuscript whilst undertaking the necessary research for the preparation of the Open University's History of Mathematics course, presented initially in 1974. It was whilst editing the English edition of Math matiques et Math maticiens (P. Dedron and J. Itard, trans. J. Field) that I noted that it was stated that "the whole manuscript --- comprises 324 folios, i. e. 648 pages", and that, in addition to the Triparty (by which the work is generally known) the manuscript includes sections on problems, on the application of algebraic methods to geometry, and on conunercial

Review

`The authors attempt succesfully to give a balanced picture of Chuquet's achievements and his limitations. Thus the book presents a well-documented and thoroughly elaborated research work.'
Mathematical Reviews (1986)