Geometry And Algebra In Ancient Civilizations
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Geometry and Algebra in Ancient Civilizations
Author | : Bartel L. van der Waerden |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9783642617799 |
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Originally, my intention was to write a "History of Algebra", in two or three volumes. In preparing the first volume I saw that in ancient civiliza tions geometry and algebra cannot well be separated: more and more sec tions on ancient geometry were added. Hence the new title of the book: "Geometry and Algebra in Ancient Civilizations". A subsequent volume on the history of modem algebra is in preparation. It will deal mainly with field theory, Galois theory and theory of groups. I want to express my deeply felt gratitude to all those who helped me in shaping this volume. In particular, I want to thank Donald Blackmore Wagner (Berkeley) who put at my disposal his English translation of the most interesting parts of the Chinese "Nine Chapters of the Art of Arith metic" and of Liu Hui's commentary to this classic, and also Jacques Se siano (Geneva), who kindly allowed me to use his translation of the re cently discovered Arabic text of four books of Diophantos not extant in Greek. Warm thanks are also due to Wyllis Bandler (Colchester, England) who read my English text very carefully and suggested several improve ments, and to Annemarie Fellmann (Frankfurt) and Erwin Neuenschwan der (Zurich) who helped me in correcting the proof sheets. Miss Fellmann also typed the manuscript and drew the figures. I also want to thank the editorial staff and production department of Springer-Verlag for their nice cooperation.
Mathematics in Civilization
Author | : H. L. Resnikoff,Raymond O'Neil Wells (Jr.) |
Publsiher | : Ardent Media |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0030850355 |
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How mathematics shaped and was shaped by human events. Trigonometry, navigation, cartography, algebra, calculus and related disciplines from ancient Greece through the twentieth century. Bibliography. 203 figures. 7 tables. 14 photos.
Taming the Unknown
Author | : Victor J. Katz,Karen Hunger Parshall |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2020-04-07 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780691204079 |
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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 evolved and how they relate. Victor Katz and Karen Parshall explore the history of algebra, from its roots in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, China, and India, through its development in the medieval Islamic world and medieval and early modern Europe, to its modern form in the early twentieth century. Defining algebra originally as a collection of techniques for determining unknowns, the authors trace the development of these techniques from geometric beginnings in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and classical Greece. They show how similar problems were tackled in Alexandrian Greece, in China, and in India, then look at how medieval Islamic scholars shifted to an algorithmic stage, which was further developed by medieval and early modern European mathematicians. With the introduction of a flexible and operative symbolism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, algebra entered into a dynamic period characterized by the analytic geometry that could evaluate curves represented by equations in two variables, thereby solving problems in the physics of motion. This new symbolism freed mathematicians to study equations of degrees higher than two and three, ultimately leading to the present abstract era. Taming the Unknown follows algebra’s remarkable growth through different epochs around the globe.
Mathematics in Ancient Iraq
Author | : Eleanor Robson |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2020-06-30 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780691201405 |
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This monumental book traces the origins and development of mathematics in the ancient Middle East, from its earliest beginnings in the fourth millennium BCE to the end of indigenous intellectual culture in the second century BCE when cuneiform writing was gradually abandoned. Eleanor Robson offers a history like no other, examining ancient mathematics within its broader social, political, economic, and religious contexts, and showing that mathematics was not just an abstract discipline for elites but a key component in ordering society and understanding the world. The region of modern-day Iraq is uniquely rich in evidence for ancient mathematics because its prehistoric inhabitants wrote on clay tablets, many hundreds of thousands of which have been archaeologically excavated, deciphered, and translated. Drawing from these and a wealth of other textual and archaeological evidence, Robson gives an extraordinarily detailed picture of how mathematical ideas and practices were conceived, used, and taught during this period. She challenges the prevailing view that they were merely the simplistic precursors of classical Greek mathematics, and explains how the prevailing view came to be. Robson reveals the true sophistication and beauty of ancient Middle Eastern mathematics as it evolved over three thousand years, from the earliest beginnings of recorded accounting to complex mathematical astronomy. Every chapter provides detailed information on sources, and the book includes an appendix on all mathematical cuneiform tablets published before 2007.
A History of Algebra
Author | : Bartel L. van der Waerden |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2013-06-29 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9783642515996 |
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The Britannica Guide to The History of Mathematics
Author | : Britannica Educational Publishing |
Publsiher | : Britannica Educational Publishing |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2010-04-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781615302215 |
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The field of mathematics today represents an ongoing global effort, spanning both countries and centuries. Through this in-depth narrative, students will learn how major mathematical concepts were first derived, as well as how they evolved with the advent of later thinkers shedding new light on various applications. Everything from Euclidean geometry to the philosophy of mathematics is illuminated as readers are transported to the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and beyond to discover the history of mathematical thought
The Birth of Mathematics
Author | : Michael J. Bradley |
Publsiher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Mathematicians |
ISBN | : 9780791097236 |
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