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Algebra in ancient and modern times
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The author uses an historical approach to show the advancement of algebra from its ancient beginnings to its modern usage.
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- Creator
- V.S. Varadarajan
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Providence, RI : American Mathematical Society, ©1998
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- xii, 142 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 082180989X, 9780821809891, 9781470424787
- OCLC
- ocm38536100, on1097111221
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ch. 1. Euclid, Diophantus, Archimedes -- ch. 2. Pythagoras and the Pythagorean triplets -- ch. 3. Āryabhaṭa, Brahmagupta, Bhāskara -- ch. 4. Irrational numbers: construction and approximation -- ch. 5. Arabic mathematics -- ch. 6. Beginnings of algebra in Europe -- ch. 7. Cubic and biquadratic equations -- ch. 8. Solution of the cubic equation -- ch. 9. Solution of the biquadratic equation -- ch. 10. Numbers, algebra, and the physical world -- ch. 11. Complex numbers -- ch. 12. Fundamental theorem of algebra -- ch. 13. Equations of degree greater than four -- ch. 14. General number systems and the axiomatic treatment of algebra