Jens Høyrup Forfatter
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Selected Essays on Pre- and Early Modern Mathematical Practice (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book presents a broad selection of articles mainly published during the last two decades on a variety of topics within the history of mathematics, mostly focusing on particular aspects of mathematical practice.
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Explorations and False Trails: The Innovative Techniques That Brought About Modern Algebra (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The existence of the Italian abacus and German cossic algebra is at most taken note of but they are not read, leading to the idea that Viète's and Descartes' use of genuine symbolism (not only abbreviations), many unknowns, and abstract coefficients seem to be miraculous leaps.
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The World of the Abbaco: Abbacus Mathematics Analyzed and Situated Historically Between Fibonacci and Stifel (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The abbacus was a thorough and complete system of arithmetical calculations, which saw its dawn in the Indian and Arabic tradition of the Middle Ages, but which was developed in its fully fledged aspects especially in Italy, between Genoa, Milan, Venice and the region of Umbria.
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