A History of Mathematical Notations (Two Volume in One)Cosimo, Inc., 2011 M12 1 - 854 páginas Described even today as "unsurpassed," this history of mathematical notation stretching back to the Babylonians and Egyptians is one of the most comprehensive written. In two impressive volumes, first published in 1928-9 and reproduced here under one cover, distinguished mathematician Florian Cajori shows the origin, evolution, and dissemination of each symbol and the competition it faced in its rise to popularity or fall into obscurity. Illustrated with more than a hundred diagrams and figures, this "mirror of past and present conditions in mathematics" will give students and historians a whole new appreciation for "1 + 1 = 2." Swiss-American author, educator, and mathematician FLORIAN CAJORI (1859-1930) was one of the world's most distinguished mathematical historians. Appointed to a specially created chair in the history of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, he also wrote An Introduction to the Theory of Equations, A History of Mathematical Notations, and The Chequered Career of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler. |
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Byzantine Maximus Planudes Fourteenth Century 121 | 88 |
GermanRegiomontanus Fifteenth Century 12527 | 96 |
FrenchEstienne de la Roche 1520 132 | 103 |
ItalianF Ghaligai 1521 1548 1552 139 | 112 |
ItalianH Cardan 1532 1545 1570 140 141 | 119 |
GermanJohann Widman 1489 1526 | 133 |
B Topical Survey of the Use of Notations 200356 | 223 |
Signs of Equality 26070 | 297 |
Signs of Common Fractions 27175 | 309 |
Notations Applied to Any Quantity the Base Being | 344 |
Spread of Descartes Notation 307 | 351 |
Notation for Principal Values 312 | 357 |
Signs for Unknown Numbers 33941 | 379 |
SYMBOLS IN GEOMETRY ELEMENTARY PART 35785 | 401 |
GermanMichael Stifel 1544 1545 1553 15156 | 139 |
GermanNicolaus Copernicus 1566 | 147 |
BelgiumSimon Stevin 1585 162 | 154 |
GermanSpanishMarco Aurel 1552 | 160 |
EnglishJohn Dee 1570 | 168 |
FrenchJean Buteon 1559 | 176 |
ItalianBonaventura Cavalieri 1647 | 187 |
EnglishThomas Harriot 1631 | 199 |
FrenchRené Descartes | 205 |
SwissJohann Heinrich Rahn 194 | 211 |
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A Critical Estimate of and as Symbols 243 | 243 |
Finite Differences 640 641 | 263 |
B Symbols for Some Special Functions 647 | 270 |
Symbols in Mathematical Logic 66799 | 281 |
Signs of Powers 290315 | 290 |
Group Action Attempted in Mathematics 736 | 341 |
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abbreviations Acta eruditorum adopted aggregation Algebra London angle année Arabic arithmetic Arithmetica Berlin Bernoulli Bibliotheca mathematica 3d binomial C. G. J. Jacobi calculus Cambridge Cantor century Chuquet Clavis coefficients comma Crelle's Journal decimal fractions denote Descartes designation differential Diophantus divisors edition Elements employed Encyclopédie Eneström equality equation Euclid Euler exponents expression Figure function Géométrie German Greek Hérigone Histoire de l'académie Ibid indicate integral introduced Johann Johann Bernoulli John Wallis L. C. Karpinski L. E. Dickson Latin Leibniz Leipzig Leonardo of Pisa letter logarithm manuscript Math mathematica Mathematical mathématiques minus multiplication Newton notation occurs Oughtred Oughtred's Pacioli parentheses Paris Peano powers printed quantity radical sign radix ratio represent Rudolff Schooten sciences signify square root Stevin Stifel symbols tion translation Treatise Trigonometry Tropfke unknown vector Vieta vinculum writes wrote