Travelling mathematics the fate of Diophantos' arithmetic / Ad Meskens.
| Author/creator | Meskens, Ad. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Basel : Birkhäuser, |
| Description | ix, 208 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Books |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics eBooks 2010 English International |
| Subjects |
| Series | Science networks. Historical studies ; v. 41 Science networks historical studies ; v. 41. ^A285269 |
| Contents | Preface -- 1. Arithmetic and the beginnings of algebra -- 2. Alexandria ad Aegyptum -- 3. Diophantos and the Arithmetika -- 4. Sleeping beauty in the Dark Ages -- 5. New vistas -- 6. Humanism -- 7. Renaissance or the rebirth of Diophantos -- 8. Fair stood the wind for France. -- 9. Coda: Hilbert's tenth problem -- 10. Stemma. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-200) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010935851 |
| ISBN | 9783034606424 |
| ISBN | 3034606427 |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |