A History of Some Polynomial Equations
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Authors
Archer, Ruth
Issue Date
1965
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
This paper is an historical tracing of
the beginnings of certain mathematical ideas through
Greek, Indian, Muslim, Italian, and finally modern
European mathematics. Not in the least sense is part of
mathematics studied in full detail, but the thread of
what grew to become the theory of equations has its
foundation here. The pieces of thought and theory that
carried over from one time period to the next often helped
but occasionally hindered the general progress of mathematical
thought. The stumbling blocks in such areas as
algebraic notation or incomplete comprehension of the
number system slowed the progress of mathematics over
several generations.
Description
iv, 43 p.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo College
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