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Vestigia Mathematica : Studies in medieval and early modern mathematics in honour of H.L.L. Busard / edited by M. Folkerts and J.P. Hogendijk.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: European History and Culture - Book Archive pre-2000Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1993Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004652354
Other title:
  • Studies in medieval and early modern mathematics in honour of H.L.L. Busard
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Vestigia Mathematica : Studies in medieval and early modern mathematics in honour of H.L.L. Busard.DDC classification:
  • 510.9 23
LOC classification:
  • QA23
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / M. Folkerts and J.P. Hogendijk -- Introduction / M. Folkerts and J.P. Hogendijk -- H. L. L. Busard: Publications / M. Folkerts and J.P. Hogendijk -- A challenge to the mathematicians of the University of Leuven as a New Year’s gift for 1639 / Paul Bockstaele -- Johann Molther’s ‘Problema Deliacum’, 1619 / Henk J. M. Bos -- Varianten einer Ḥağğāğ-Version von Buch II der Elemente / S. Brentjes -- Ocreatus / Charles Burnett -- Deux mathématiciens peu connus de l’Espagne du XI e siècle: al-Muʾtaman et Ibn Sayyid / A. Djebbar -- The Volume of Domes in Arabic Mathematics / Yvonne Dold-Samplonius -- Die Rithmachia des Werinher von Tegernsee / Menso Folkerts -- The Arabic version of Euclid’s On Divisions / Jan P. Hogendijk -- Robert Recorde and The First Published Equation / Barnabas Hughes -- Über die beiden nachgelassenen mathematischen Handschriften von Adam Ries / Wolfgang Kaunzner -- “The Peacock’s Tail”: On the names of some theorems of Euclid’s Elements / Paul Kunitzsch -- Abū Kāmil on the Pentagon and Decagon / Richard Lorch -- The ‘double-meaning’ method for dating mathematical texts / Jan van Maanen -- Roger Bacon’s Geometria Speculativa / George Molland -- “Geometric trigonometry” in treatises of al-Khwārizmī, al-Māhānī and Ibn al-Haytham / B.A. Rosenfeld -- Zur Aufgabe 86 des Byzantinischen Rechenbuchs Cod. Vindob. Phil. Gr. 65 / Christoph J. Scriba -- La version latine médiévale de l’Algèbre d’Abū Kāmil / J. Sesiano -- Some 14th and 15th Century Texts on Practical Geometry / A. Simi and L. Toti Rigatelli -- Back Matter -- Addresses of the authors / M. Folkerts and J.P. Hogendijk.
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Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / M. Folkerts and J.P. Hogendijk -- Introduction / M. Folkerts and J.P. Hogendijk -- H. L. L. Busard: Publications / M. Folkerts and J.P. Hogendijk -- A challenge to the mathematicians of the University of Leuven as a New Year’s gift for 1639 / Paul Bockstaele -- Johann Molther’s ‘Problema Deliacum’, 1619 / Henk J. M. Bos -- Varianten einer Ḥağğāğ-Version von Buch II der Elemente / S. Brentjes -- Ocreatus / Charles Burnett -- Deux mathématiciens peu connus de l’Espagne du XI e siècle: al-Muʾtaman et Ibn Sayyid / A. Djebbar -- The Volume of Domes in Arabic Mathematics / Yvonne Dold-Samplonius -- Die Rithmachia des Werinher von Tegernsee / Menso Folkerts -- The Arabic version of Euclid’s On Divisions / Jan P. Hogendijk -- Robert Recorde and The First Published Equation / Barnabas Hughes -- Über die beiden nachgelassenen mathematischen Handschriften von Adam Ries / Wolfgang Kaunzner -- “The Peacock’s Tail”: On the names of some theorems of Euclid’s Elements / Paul Kunitzsch -- Abū Kāmil on the Pentagon and Decagon / Richard Lorch -- The ‘double-meaning’ method for dating mathematical texts / Jan van Maanen -- Roger Bacon’s Geometria Speculativa / George Molland -- “Geometric trigonometry” in treatises of al-Khwārizmī, al-Māhānī and Ibn al-Haytham / B.A. Rosenfeld -- Zur Aufgabe 86 des Byzantinischen Rechenbuchs Cod. Vindob. Phil. Gr. 65 / Christoph J. Scriba -- La version latine médiévale de l’Algèbre d’Abū Kāmil / J. Sesiano -- Some 14th and 15th Century Texts on Practical Geometry / A. Simi and L. Toti Rigatelli -- Back Matter -- Addresses of the authors / M. Folkerts and J.P. Hogendijk.

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