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

"This book does not aim to give an exhaustive survey of the history of algebra up to early modern times but merely to present some significant steps in solving

This text should not be viewed as a comprehensive history of algebra before 1600, but as a basic introduction to the types of problems that illustrate the earli

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