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We can trace the history of algebra over the entire 4000 years of recorded mathematics, even if algebra as a subject is noticeably younger. However, the advent of abstract algebra is fairly recent. Students often feel that this subject has no apparent connection to the familiar high school algebra.
10 gru 2023 · Imported from Scriblio MARC record. A history of algebra by Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, 1985, Springer-Verlag edition, in English.
This book by a noted modern student of algebra attempts to explain the beginnings of mathematical science, to trace the roots of number systems and the practical arts of computation, to describe the emergence of algebra and geometry and of rigorously logical methods of proof.
5 lut 2022 · Victor Katz and Karen Parshall explore the history of algebra, from its roots in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, China, and India, through its development in the medieval Islamic world and medieval and early modern Europe, to its modern form in the early twentieth century.
In this article, we take a rapid journey through the history of algebra, noting the important developments and reflecting on the importance of this history in the teaching of algebra in secondary school or university.
This book does not aim to give an exhaustive survey of the history of algebra up to early modern times, but merely to present some significant steps in solving equations and, wherever applicable, to link these develop-ments to the extension of the number system. Various examples of problems,
the history of any given mathematical topic often provides excellent ideas for teaching the topic, there is sufficient detail in each explanation of a new concept for the future (or present) teacher of mathematics to develop a classroom lesson or series of lessons based on history.
