Horner versus Holdred: An episode in the history of root computation

zbMath0935.01005MaRDI QIDQ1283015

A. T. Fuller

Publication date: 25 April 2000

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

HoldredHornerroots of algebraic equations,Vieète

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of numerical analysis (65-03) Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80)

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