Classical Mathematics from Al-Khwarizmi to Descartes

Classical Mathematics from Al-Khwarizmi to Descartes

Roshdi Rashed

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2014
ISBN:
9780415833882

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This book follows the development of classical mathematics and the relation between work done in the Arab and Islamic worlds and that undertaken by the likes of Descartes and Fermat.

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