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Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa
Engelsk Hardback

Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa

Engelsk Hardback

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Medieval Europe was a meeting place for the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic civilizations, and the fertile intellectual exchange of these cultures can be seen in the mathematical developments of the time. This sourcebook presents original Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic sources of medieval mathematics, and shows their cross-cultural influences. Most of the Hebrew and Arabic sources appear here in translation for the first time.

Readers will discover key mathematical revelations, foundational texts, and sophisticated writings by Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic-speaking mathematicians, including Abner of Burgos''s elegant arguments proving results on the conchoid—a curve previously unknown in medieval Europe; Levi ben Gershon’s use of mathematical induction in combinatorial proofs; Al-Mu’taman Ibn Hūd’s extensive survey of mathematics, which included proofs of Heron’s Theorem and Ceva’s Theorem; and Muhyī al-Dīn al-Maghribī’s interesting proof of Euclid’s parallel postulate. The book includes a general introduction, section introductions, footnotes, and references.

The Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa will be indispensable to anyone seeking out the important historical sources of premodern mathematics.



Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
592
ISBN-13:
9780691156859
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0691156859
Udg. Dato:
1 nov 2016
Længde:
44mm
Bredde:
265mm
Højde:
192mm
Forlag:
Princeton University Press
Oplagsdato:
1 nov 2016
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