From Cardano's great art to Lagrange's reflections. Filling a gap in the history of algebra

DOI10.4171/092zbMath1231.01006OpenAlexW4301874626MaRDI QIDQ633239

Jacqueline A. Stedall

Publication date: 31 March 2011

Published in: Heritage of European Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4171/092

zbMATH Keywords

LagrangeHarriotGregoryEulerNewtonCauchyBézoutLeibnizDescartesCardanoequation theoryMaclaurinRuffiniTschirnhausViète

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Equations in general fields (12E12) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of field theory (12-03)

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