Through the looking glass, and what algebra found there: historically informed conceptual metaphors of algebraic substitution and Gaussian elimination

DOI10.1080/26375451.2023.2215650MaRDI QIDQ6074031

Melinda Lanius

Publication date: 18 September 2023

Published in: British Journal for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian eliminationmatrixsystems of linear equationshistory of mathematicsmathematics education

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Equations and inequalities (educational aspects) (97H30)

Cites Work

• How ordinary elimination became Gaussian elimination
• Symbolic language in early modern mathematics: The algebra of Pierre Hérigone (1580-1643)
• Alice through Looking Glass after Looking Glass: The Mathematics of Mirrors and Kaleidoscopes
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