My attention was first drawn to Chuquet' s mathematical manuscript whilst undertaking the necessary research for the preparation of the Open University's History of Mathematics course, presented initially in 1974. It was whilst editing the English edition of Math~matiques et Math~maticiens (P. Dedron and J. Itard, trans. J. Field) that I noted that it was stated that "the whole manuscript *** comprises 324 folios, i. e. 648 pages", and that, in addition to the Triparty (by which the work is generally known) the manuscript includes sections on problems, on the application of algebraic methods to geometry, and on conunercial
Rezensionen / Stimmen
`The authors attempt succesfully to give a balanced picture of Chuquet's achievements and his limitations. Thus the book presents a well-documented and thoroughly elaborated research work.'
Mathematical Reviews (1986)
Auflage
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Research
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 155 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-94-009-6504-1 (9789400965041)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-009-6502-7
Schweitzer Klassifikation
1: Antecedents.- 2: Nicolas chuquet - The Man and his Manuscript.- 3: The Triparty - First Part.- 4: The Triparty - Second Part.- 5: The Triparty - Third Part.- 6: The Problems.- 7: The Geometry.- 8: The Commercial Arithmetic.- 9: The Place of Nicolas Chuquet in the History of Mathematics.- Appendix: Table of Contents for Chuquet's Mathematical Manuscripts.- Index of Names and Works.
