Greek mathematical thought and the origin of algebra.
By: Translated by Eva Brann. With an appendix containing Vieta's Introduction to the analytical art, translated by J. Winfree Smith.
Publisher: M.I.T. Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Viète, François, 1540-1603.; Mathematics, Greek.; Algebra -- History.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 227-312)
Translation of Die griechische Logistik und die Entstehung der Algebra, published in Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte der Mathematik, Astronomie und Physik, Abt. B, Studien, v. 3, 1934.