Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa
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Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa

Victor J. Katz, Menso Folkerts, Barnabas Hughes, Roi Wagner, J. Lennart Berggren, Victor Katz, Menso Folkerts, Barnabas Hughes, Roi Wagner, J. Berggren

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Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa

Victor J. Katz, Menso Folkerts, Barnabas Hughes, Roi Wagner, J. Lennart Berggren, Victor Katz, Menso Folkerts, Barnabas Hughes, Roi Wagner, J. Berggren

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Medieval Europe was a meeting place for the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic civilizations, and the fertile intellectual exchange of these cultures can be seen in the mathematical developments of the time. This sourcebook presents original Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic sources of medieval mathematics, and shows their cross-cultural influences. Most of the Hebrew and Arabic sources appear here in translation for the first time.Readers will discover key mathematical revelations, foundational texts, and sophisticated writings by Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic-speaking mathematicians, including Abner of Burgos's elegant arguments proving results on the conchoid—a curve previously unknown in medieval Europe; Levi ben Gershon's use of mathematical induction in combinatorial proofs; Al-Mu'taman Ibn H?d's extensive survey of mathematics, which included proofs of Heron's Theorem and Ceva's Theorem; and Muhy? al-D?n al-Maghrib?'s interesting proof of Euclid's parallel postulate. The book includes a general introduction, section introductions, footnotes, and references.The Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa will be indispensable to anyone seeking out the important historical sources of premodern mathematics.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9781400883202
Topic
Mathematics
Subtopic
History & Philosophy of Mathematics
Index
Mathematics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Permissions
  7. General Introduction
  8. Chapter 1. The Latin Mathematics of Medieval Europe
  9. Chapter 2. Mathematics in Hebrew in Medieval Europe
  10. Chapter 3. Mathematics in the Islamic World in Medieval Spain and North Africa
  11. Appendices
  12. Editors and Contributors
  13. Index
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APA 6 Citation

Katz, V., Folkerts, M., Hughes, B., Wagner, R., & Berggren, L. (2016). Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa ([edition unavailable]). Princeton University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/739670/sourcebook-in-the-mathematics-of-medieval-europe-and-north-africa-pdf (Original work published 2016)

Chicago Citation

Katz, Victor, Menso Folkerts, Barnabas Hughes, Roi Wagner, and Lennart Berggren. (2016) 2016. Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa. [Edition unavailable]. Princeton University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/739670/sourcebook-in-the-mathematics-of-medieval-europe-and-north-africa-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Katz, V. et al. (2016) Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa. [edition unavailable]. Princeton University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/739670/sourcebook-in-the-mathematics-of-medieval-europe-and-north-africa-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Katz, Victor et al. Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa. [edition unavailable]. Princeton University Press, 2016. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.