Practicing algebra in Late Antiquity: the problem-solving of Diophantus of Alexandria
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Publication:391331
DOI10.1016/j.hm.2012.09.001zbMath1283.01008OpenAlexW2039549814MaRDI QIDQ391331
Jean Christianidis, Jeffrey A. Oaks
Publication date: 10 January 2014
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2012.09.001
History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)
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