Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra

Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th — 16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-century development of symbolic algebra. This brought about the crucial change in the concept of number that made possible modern science — in which the symbolic "form" of a mathematical statement is completely inseparable from its "content" of physical meaning. Includes a translation of Vieta's Introduction to the Analytical Art. 1968 edition. Bibliography.

• Author
• Jacob Klein, Eva Brann

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 384

• Publisher
• Dover Publications

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780486272894

• Genres
• philosophy, mathematics, history

• Release date
• 1992