This book examines a Tractatus algorismi written in 1307 in Montpellier by Jacopo da Firenze. It is one of the earliest surviving "abbacus" treatises and the first to contain a presentation of algebra. This current book includes the text in late medieval Italian with an English translation. The author offers extensive discussions of the contents and its place within early abbacus culture. Historians, mathematicians, and students interested in the history of mathematics will find this text provides a fascinating glimpse into ...
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This book examines a Tractatus algorismi written in 1307 in Montpellier by Jacopo da Firenze. It is one of the earliest surviving "abbacus" treatises and the first to contain a presentation of algebra. This current book includes the text in late medieval Italian with an English translation. The author offers extensive discussions of the contents and its place within early abbacus culture. Historians, mathematicians, and students interested in the history of mathematics will find this text provides a fascinating glimpse into the field's early development and evolution.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. This book deals with one of the earliest surviving "abbacus" treatises, one that is by far more orderly than any of the extant predecessors and is also the first to contain a presentation of algebra. The book contains an edition and an English translation of a manuscript from c. 1450. In addition, it features an extensive discussion of the contents of the treatise and its location within early abbacus culture.