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An Introduction to the History of Algebra: Solving Equations from Mesopotamian Times to the Renaissance
About this Title
Jacques Sesiano, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland. Translated by Anna Pierrehumbert
Publication: Mathematical World
Publication Year:
2009; Volume 27
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-4473-1 (print); 978-1-4704-1811-3 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/mawrld/027
MathSciNet review: MR2514537
MSC: Primary 01A05; Secondary 12-03
Table of Contents
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Front/Back Matter
Chapters
- 1. Algebra in Mesopotamia
- 2. Algebra in ancient Greece
- 3. Algebra in the Islamic world
- 4. Algebra in medieval Europe
- 5. Algebra in the Renaissance
- Appendix A. Mesopotamian texts in translation
- Appendix B. Greek and Latin texts
- Appendix C. Arabic texts
- Appendix D. Hebrew text
- Appendix E. French, German, Italian, and Provençal texts