Screen LibraryTravelling Mathematics - The Fate of Diophantos' Arithmetic
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Science Networks. Historical Studies, 41 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0643-1 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (213 p.): |
| ISBN: |
9783034606431 (electronic bk.) 3034606435 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | O1 |
| CLC: | O1 |
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Description based upon print version of record. Travelling Mathematics -- The Fate of Diophantos' Arithmetic; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Arithmetic and the beginnings of algebra; Chapter 2 Alexandria ad Aegyptum; Chapter 3 Diophantos and the Arithmetika; Chapter 4 Sleeping beauty in the Dark Ages; Chapter 5 New vistas; Chapter 6 Humanism; Chapter 7 Renaissance or the rebirth of Diophantos; Chapter 8 Fair stood the wind for France; Chapter 9 Coda: Hilbert's tenth problem; Chapter 10 Stemma; Bibliography; Index; In this book the author presents a comprehensive study of Diophantos' monumental work known as "Arithmetika", a highly acclaimed and unique set of books within the known Greek mathematical corpus. Its author, Diophantos, is an enigmatic figure of whom we know virtually nothing. Starting with Egyptian, Babylonian and early Greek mathematics the author paints a picture of the sources the Arithmetika may have had. Life in Alexandria, where Diophantos lived, is described and, on the basis of the limited available evidence, his biography is outlined. Of Arithmetika's 13 books only 6 survi |