The beginnings and evolution of algebra /
Bashmakova, I. G.(Izabella Grigorʹevna)
Smirnova, G. S.(Galina S.)
Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America,
c2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Elements of algebra in ancient Babylonia -- Ancient Greek "geometric algebra" -- The birth of literal algebra -- Algebra in the Middle Ages in the Arabic East and in in Europe -- The first achievements of algebra in Europe -- Algebra in the 17th and 18th centuries -- The theory of algebraic equations in the 19th century -- Problems of number theory and the birth of commutative algebra -- Linear and noncommutative algebra -- Conclusion -- Appendix: a new view of the geometric algebra of the ancients.
Algebra