Arguments on motivation in the rise and decline of a mathematical theory; the Construction of equations, 1637 - ca. 1750

DOI10.1007/BF00328124zbMath0552.01005OpenAlexW1995456499MaRDI QIDQ800900

Henk J. M. Bos

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00328124

zbMATH Keywords

analytic stylegeometrical conception of mathematical entitiespolynomial equations in one unknown

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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