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- catalog abstract ""The Greate Invention of Algebra casts new light on the work of Thomas Harriot (c.1560-1621), an innovative thinker and practitioner in several branches of the mathematical sciences, including navigation, astronomy, optics, geometry, and algebra. Although on his death Harriot left behind over four thousand manuscript sheets, much of his work remains unpublished." "This book focuses on one hundred and forty of Harriot's manuscript pages, those concerned with the structure and solution of equations. The original material has been carefully ordered, translated, and annotated to provide the first complete edition of his work on this subject, and an extended introduction provides the reader with a lucid background to the work and explains its contents. Illustrations from the manuscripts provide fascinating reference material. The appendix discusses for correlations between Harriot's manuscripts and the texts of his contemporaries Viete, Warner, and Torporley." "The clear and concise exposition makes this an excellent reference volume for historians of mathematics and those interested in the history of science. This is an important new resource for understanding the development of algebra in seventeenth-century England."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12928172.
- catalog contributor b12928173.
- catalog contributor b12928174.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""The Greate Invention of Algebra casts new light on the work of Thomas Harriot (c.1560-1621), an innovative thinker and practitioner in several branches of the mathematical sciences, including navigation, astronomy, optics, geometry, and algebra. Although on his death Harriot left behind over four thousand manuscript sheets, much of his work remains unpublished."".
- catalog description ""The clear and concise exposition makes this an excellent reference volume for historians of mathematics and those interested in the history of science. This is an important new resource for understanding the development of algebra in seventeenth-century England."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""This book focuses on one hundred and forty of Harriot's manuscript pages, those concerned with the structure and solution of equations. The original material has been carefully ordered, translated, and annotated to provide the first complete edition of his work on this subject, and an extended introduction provides the reader with a lucid background to the work and explains its contents. Illustrations from the manuscripts provide fascinating reference material. The appendix discusses for correlations between Harriot's manuscripts and the texts of his contemporaries Viete, Warner, and Torporley."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-320) and index.".
- catalog description "The treatise on equations -- Harriot, Torporley and Viète -- Harriot's notation -- The operations of arithmetic in letters -- The Treatise on equations -- Harriot's algebra after 1621 -- The praxis -- The corrector -- The summary -- Harriot's reputation and influence -- Treatise on equations -- Operations of arithmetic in letters -- Treatise on equations -- Section (a): on solving equations in numbers -- Section (b): on solving equations in numbers -- Section (c): on solving equations in numbers -- Section (d): on the generation of canonical equations -- Section (e): on solving equations by reduction -- Section (f): on solving equations by reduction -- Correlations between Harriot's manuscripts and the texts of Viʹete, Warner and Torporley.".
- catalog extent "xi, 322 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198526024 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "512.9/4 21".
- catalog subject "Algebra England History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Equations.".
- catalog subject "Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621 Influence.".
- catalog subject "Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621 Influence.".
- catalog subject "QA211 .S77 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "The treatise on equations -- Harriot, Torporley and Viète -- Harriot's notation -- The operations of arithmetic in letters -- The Treatise on equations -- Harriot's algebra after 1621 -- The praxis -- The corrector -- The summary -- Harriot's reputation and influence -- Treatise on equations -- Operations of arithmetic in letters -- Treatise on equations -- Section (a): on solving equations in numbers -- Section (b): on solving equations in numbers -- Section (c): on solving equations in numbers -- Section (d): on the generation of canonical equations -- Section (e): on solving equations by reduction -- Section (f): on solving equations by reduction -- Correlations between Harriot's manuscripts and the texts of Viʹete, Warner and Torporley.".
- catalog title "The greate invention of algebra : Thomas Harriot's treatise on equations / Jacqueline A. Stedall.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".