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Travelling Mathematics - The Fate of Diophantos' Arithmetic
In this book the author presents a comprehensive study of Diophantos' monumental work known as Arithmetika, a highly acclaimed and unique set of books within the known Greek mathematical corpus. Its author, Diophantos, is an enigmatic figure of whom we know virtually nothing. Starting with Egyp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Basel :
Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser,
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2010. |
| Colección: | Science Networks. Historical Studies,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Arithmetic and the beginnings of algebra
- Alexandria ad Aegyptum
- Diophantos and the Arithmetika
- Sleeping beauty in the Dark Ages
- New vistas
- Humanism
- Renaissance or the rebirth of Diophantos
- Fair stood the wind for France
- Coda: Hilbert's tenth problem
- Stemma.