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020			_a9781470454777
082			_a512.009 _bSES
100			_aSesiano,Jacques
245			_a An introduction to the history of algebra : _bsolving equations from mesopotamian times to the renaissance
260			_bAmerican Mathematical Society, _c2019 _aProvidence :
300			_aviii, 174 p. ; _bill., _c24 cm
365			_b499.00 _cINR _d01
490			_a Mathematical world ; _vv.27
504			_aIncludes index.
520			_aThis book does not aim to give an exhaustive survey of the history of algebra up to early modern times but merely to present some significant steps in solving equations and, wherever applicable, to link these developments to the extension of the number system. Various examples of problems, with their typical solution methods, are analyzed, and sometimes translated completely. Indeed, it is another aim of this book to ease the reader's access to modern editions of old mathematical texts, or even to the original texts; to this end, some of the problems discussed in the text have been reproduced in the appendices in their original language (Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, French, German, Provencal, and Italian) with explicative notes.
650			_aAlgebra
650			_aAlgebra History
650			_aRenaissance
650			_aMathematics
942			_2ddc _cBK