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Distributivity-like Results in the Medieval Traditions of Euclid's Elements: Between Geometry and Arithmetic - Couverture souple

Corry, Leo

 
9783030796785: Distributivity-like Results in the Medieval Traditions of Euclid's Elements: Between Geometry and Arithmetic

Synopsis

This book provides a fresh view on an important and largely overlooked aspect of the Euclidean traditions in the medieval mathematical texts, particularly concerning the interrelations between geometry and arithmetic, and the rise  of algebraic modes of thought. It appeals to anyone interested in the history of mathematics in general and in history of medieval and early modern science.

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À propos de l'auteur

Leo Corry is a historian of science working at Tel Aviv University. He has published extensively on the history of mathematics, physics and computing, since the turn of the twentieth century, as well as on medieval mathematics.

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