Taming the Unknown : A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century /

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What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y's. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axiomatically defined constructs like groups, rings, and fields. Taming the Unknown considers how these two seemingly different types of algebra ev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Katz, Victor J. (Autor), Parshall, Karen Hunger, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Algebra.
MATHEMATICS > Algebra > Intermediate.
Algebre > Histoire.
Algebra > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Prelude: What Is Algebra?
  • 2. Egypt and Mesopotamia
  • 3. The Ancient Greek World
  • 4. Later Alexandrian Developments
  • 5. Algebraic Thought in Ancient and Medieval China
  • 6. Algebraic Thought in Medieval India
  • 7. Algebraic Thought in Medieval Islam
  • 8. Transmission, Transplantation, and Diffusion in the Latin West
  • 9. The Growth of Algebraic Thought in Sixteenth-Century Europe
  • 10. From Analytic Geometry to the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
  • 11. Finding the Roots of Algebraic Equations
  • 12. Understanding Polynomial Equations in n Unknowns
  • 13. Understanding the Properties of "Numbers"
  • 14. The Emergence of Modern Algebra
  • References
  • Index.

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