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Jacopo da Firenze's Tractatus Algorismi and Early Italian Abbacus Culture

In the city republics of Renaissance Italy, it was a common practice among the merchant class to send sons for a two-year course of study at an "abbacus school", where they learned practical, mostly commercial mathematics, known as abbaco. From this school institution, several hundred manu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Høyrup, Jens (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Science Networks. Historical Studies, 34
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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