An introduction to the history of algebra (Record no. 55801)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978470454777
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 512.009 SES
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Personal name Sesiano, Jacques
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title An introduction to the history of algebra
Remainder of title : solving equations from Mesopotamian times to the Renaissance
Statement of responsibility, etc / Jacques Sesiano
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Providence, R.I.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : American Mathematical Society,
Date of publication, distribution, etc ©2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii, 174 pages
Other physical details : illustrations
Dimensions ; 26 cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Contents note Algebra in Mesopotamia --<br/>Algebra in ancient Greece --<br/>Algebra in the Islamic world --<br/>Algebra in medieval Europe --<br/>Algebra in the Renaissance --<br/>Appendix A : Mesopotamian texts in translation --<br/>Appendix B : Greek and Latin texts --<br/>Appendix C : Arabic texts --<br/>Appendix D : Hebrew text --<br/>Appendix E : French, German, Italian, and Provençal texts.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This 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."--Jacket
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mathematics
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Algebra
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Algebra -- History.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Matematik - historia.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sesiano, Jacques
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Koha item type Mathematics Departmental Library
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mathematics Departmental Library SNU LIBRARY 22/10/2019   512.009 SES M030 22/10/2019 22/10/2019 Mathematics Departmental Library
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