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The transformation of mathematics in the early Mediterranean world : = From problems to equations /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The transformation of mathematics in the early Mediterranean world :/ Reviel Netz.
Reminder of title:	From problems to equations /
Author:	Netz, Reviel,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 198 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Mathematics - History. - Europe -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511720000
ISBN:	9780511720000 (ebook)

The transformation of mathematics in the early Mediterranean world : = From problems to equations /
Netz, Reviel,

The transformation of mathematics in the early Mediterranean world :From problems to equations /Reviel Netz. - 1 online resource (ix, 198 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge classical studies. - Cambridge classical studies..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

The problem in the world of Archimedes -- From Archimedes to Eutocius -- From Archimedes to Khayyam.

The transformation of mathematics from ancient Greece to the medieval Arab-speaking world is here approached by focusing on a single problem proposed by Archimedes and the many solutions offered. In this trajectory Reviel Netz follows the change in the task from solving a geometrical problem to its expression as an equation, still formulated geometrically, and then on to an algebraic problem, now handled by procedures that are more like rules of manipulation. From a practice of mathematics based on the localized solution (and grounded in the polemical practices of early Greek science) we see a transition to a practice of mathematics based on the systematic approach (and grounded in the deuteronomic practices of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages). With three chapters ranging chronologically from Hellenistic mathematics, through late Antiquity, to the medieval world, Reviel Netz offers an alternate interpretation of the historical journey of pre-modern mathematics.

ISBN: 9780511720000 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

800324
Mathematics
--History.--Europe

LC Class. No.: QA27.E85 / N48 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 510/.94

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