The Influence of Practical Arithmetics on the Algebra of Rafael Bombelli

DOI10.1086/351179zbMath0278.01006OpenAlexW2014591440MaRDI QIDQ4405109

S. A. Jayawardene

Publication date: 1973

Published in: Isis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/351179

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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