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Nicolas Chuquet, Renaissance Mathematician

A study with extensive translation of Chuquet’s mathematical manuscript completed in 1484

Paperback Engels 2011 1985e druk 9789400965041
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My attention was first drawn to Chuquet' s mathematical manuscript whilst undertaking the necessary research for the preparation of the Open University's History of Mathematics course, presented initially in 1974. It was whilst editing the English edition of Math~matiques et Math~maticiens (P. Dedron and J. Itard, trans. J. Field) that I noted that it was stated that "the whole manuscript ••• comprises 324 folios, i. e. 648 pages", and that, in addition to the Triparty (by which the work is generally known) the manuscript includes sections on problems, on the application of algebraic methods to geometry, and on conunercial

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ISBN13:9789400965041
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:388
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:1985

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1: Antecedents.- 2: Nicolas chuquet — The Man and his Manuscript.- 3: The Triparty — First Part.- 4: The Triparty — Second Part.- 5: The Triparty — Third Part.- 6: The Problems.- 7: The Geometry.- 8: The Commercial Arithmetic.- 9: The Place of Nicolas Chuquet in the History of Mathematics.- Appendix: Table of Contents for Chuquet’s Mathematical Manuscripts.- Index of Names and Works.

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