ImportantstudyfocusesontherevivalandassimilationofancientGreekmathematicsinthe13th-16thcenturies,viaArabicscience,andthe16th-centurydevelopmentofsymbolicalgebra.Thisbroughtaboutthecrucialchangeintheconceptofnumberthatmadepossiblemodernscience--inwhichthesymbolic“form“ofamathematicalstatementiscompletelyinseparablefromits“content“ofphysicalmeaning.IncludesatranslationofVieta’sIntroductiontotheAnalyticalArt.1968edition.Bibliography.
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