From Cardano's great art to Lagrange's reflections : filling a gap in the history of algebra /

This book is an exploration of a claim made by Lagrange in the autumn of 1771 as he embarked upon his lengthy 'Réflexions sur la résolution algébrique des équations': that there had been few advances in the algebraic solution of equations since the time of Cardano in the mid sixteenth cent...

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Main Author: Stedall, Jacqueline A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Zürich, Switzerland : European Mathematical Society, [2011]
Series:Heritage of European mathematics.
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