Les "Arithmétiques" de Diophante: Lecture historique et mathématique
Until recently, only six of thirteen books comprising Diophantus’ Arithmetica were known to us. Four other books in an Arabic translation have been discovered recently. We can now understand the organization of this work and its long-lasting impact on mathematics. The present book offers the first historical and mathematical study of the work as it has survived in ten books.

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Les "Arithmétiques" de Diophante: Lecture historique et mathématique
Until recently, only six of thirteen books comprising Diophantus’ Arithmetica were known to us. Four other books in an Arabic translation have been discovered recently. We can now understand the organization of this work and its long-lasting impact on mathematics. The present book offers the first historical and mathematical study of the work as it has survived in ten books.

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Les "Arithmétiques" de Diophante: Lecture historique et mathématique

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Les "Arithmétiques" de Diophante: Lecture historique et mathématique

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Overview

Until recently, only six of thirteen books comprising Diophantus’ Arithmetica were known to us. Four other books in an Arabic translation have been discovered recently. We can now understand the organization of this work and its long-lasting impact on mathematics. The present book offers the first historical and mathematical study of the work as it has survived in ten books.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783110335934
Publisher: De Gruyter
Publication date: 10/30/2013
Series: Scientia Graeco-Arabica , #11
Pages: 649
Product dimensions: 6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)
Language: French
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

R. Rashed und C. Houzel, CNRS, Paris.

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