Taming the Unknown
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 co…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4008-5052-5
- EAN: 9781400850525
- Produktnummer: 17028530
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 504 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
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Victor J. Katz & Karen Hunger Parshall
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