The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam (eBook)

A Sourcebook

Victor J. Katz (Herausgeber)

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2021
704 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23539-4 (ISBN)

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In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial collection of English translations of key mathematical texts from the five most important ancient and medieval non-Western mathematical cultures, and to put them into full historical and mathematical context. The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam gives English readers a firsthand understanding and appreciation of these cultures' important contributions to world mathematics.The five section authors-Annette Imhausen (Egypt), Eleanor Robson (Mesopotamia), Joseph Dauben (China), Kim Plofker (India), and J. Lennart Berggren (Islam)-are experts in their fields. Each author has selected key texts and in many cases provided new translations. The authors have also written substantial section introductions that give an overview of each mathematical culture and explanatory notes that put each selection into context. This authoritative commentary allows readers to understand the sometimes unfamiliar mathematics of these civilizations and the purpose and significance of each text.Addressing a critical gap in the mathematics literature in English, this book is an essential resource for anyone with at least an undergraduate degree in mathematics who wants to learn about non-Western mathematical developments and how they helped shape and enrich world mathematics. The book is also an indispensable guide for mathematics teachers who want to use non-Western mathematical ideas in the classroom.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2021
• Co-Autor: Annette Imhausen, Eleanor Robson, Joseph Warren Dauben, Kim Plofker, J. Lennart Berggren
• Zusatzinfo: 76 halftones. 210 line illus. 42 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Schlagworte: Addition • Algebraic Method • ancient China • Ancient Egyptian mathematics • Arabic alphabet • arithmetic • Arithmetica • Arithmetic function • arithmetic progression • Babylonian mathematics • Book on Numbers and Computation • Brahmagupta • Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society • Calculation • Celestial mechanics • Chinese mathematics • Circle of latitude • circumference • coefficient • Computation • computational complexity theory • conic section • Coprime integers • Cross-multiplication • Cube (algebra) • Cyclic quadrilateral • Diagram (category theory) • DIAMETER • Divination • Divisor • Divisor (algebraic geometry) • ecliptic • European Mathematical Society • Geometry • Greek mathematics • heptagon • hexagon • Hindu–Arabic numeral system • Historical Linguistics • Hypotenuse • Indian mathematics • Inequality (mathematics) • Instance (computer science) • Integer • Introduction to Arithmetic • inverse trigonometric functions • Japanese Mathematics • length • Liu Hui • Li Ye (mathematician) • Mathematical Analysis • Mathematical diagram • Mathematical problem • Mathematical Sciences • Mathematical table • Mathematical Theory • mathematician • Mathematics • Mathematics and Art • mathematics education • Mathematics in medieval Islam • Matrix (mathematics) • Metrology • Moment (mathematics) • Moscow Mathematical Papyrus • multiplication • Number Theory • Numerical analysis • Omar Khayyam • Operation (mathematics) • Ordinal number (linguistics) • Parameter (computer programming) • Parity (mathematics) • physical cosmology • Political Science • Proportionality (mathematics) • Pure Mathematics • Qin Jiushao • Qin Shi Huang • Quadratic equation • Quantity • rectangle • remainder • result • Right angle • Sanskrit • Science and Civilisation in China • Science in the medieval Islamic world • Series (mathematics) • Sign (mathematics) • Spherical trigonometry • square root • Summation • The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art • The Sea Island Mathematical Manual • The Textbooks • Transversal (geometry) • Variable (mathematics) • Vedic Mathematics (book) • Xian (Taoism)
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23539-2 / 0691235392
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23539-4 / 9780691235394