Offers a basic introduction to the types of problems that illustrate the earliest forms of algebra. This book presents some significant steps in solving equatio

Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th-16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-century develo

This textbook provides an accessible account of the history of abstract algebra, tracing a range of topics in modern algebra and number theory back to their mod

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