A biography of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, an eighteenth-century woman mathematician
Subtitle: with translations of some of her work from Italian into English
By: Antonella Cupillari ; with a foreword by Patricia R. Allaire.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780773452268
Subjects: Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, -- 1718-1799; Women mathematicians -- Italy -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical background; title: The authors of the three biographies; title: Translation of the revised work of Frisi, as published by the Masotti in 1965; title: Tables; title: Index of dates; title: Genealogical information as reported by Anzoletti; title: Additional material presented in notes and comments; title: Works by Maria Gaetana Agnesi; title: Mathematical material; title: The Instituzioni Analitiche; title: About the Instituzioni Analitiche; title: Agnesi's dedication; title: Table of contents of the Instituzioni in English and in Italian; title: Algebra; title: The "Versiera" a.k.a. the Witch of Agnesi; title: Introduction to the rules of differentiation; title: Integral calculus; title: Riccati's method for polynomials; title: Differential equations of the first degree; title: Conclusion; title: Agnesi's solution to the mathematical problem mentioned by Frisi in the Elogio.