a study with extensive translation of Chuquet's mathematical manuscript completed in 1484
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Graham Flegg, Cynthia Hay, Barbara Moss.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1985
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(VIII, 388 Seiten)
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
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.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
History.
Mathematics.
Science -- History.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QA32
Book number
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E358
1985
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by Graham Flegg, Cynthia Hay, Barbara Moss.