The transformation of mathematics in the early Mediterranean world :
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[Book]
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From problems to equations /
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Reviel Netz.
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New York :
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Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (ix, 198 pages) :
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illustrations
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Cambridge classical studies
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The problem in the world of Archimedes -- From Archimedes to Eutocius -- From Archimedes to Khayyam.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The transformation of mathematics from ancient Greece to the medieval Arab-speaking world is here approached by focusing on a single problem proposed by Archimedes and the many solutions offered. In this trajectory Reviel Netz follows the change in the task from solving a geometrical problem to its expression as an equation, still formulated geometrically, and then on to an algebraic problem, now handled by procedures that are more like rules of manipulation.
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From a practice of mathematics based on the localized solution (and grounded in the polemical practices of early Greek science) we see a transition to a practice of mathematics based on the systematic approach (and grounded in the deuteronomic practices of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages).
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With three chapters ranging chronologically from Hellenistic mathematics, through Late Antiquity, to the medieval world, Reviel Netz offers a radically new interpretation of the historical journey of pre-modern mathematics."--Jacket.
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Transformation of mathematics in the early Mediterranean world.