Taming the Unknown: A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century by Victor J. Katz

Taming the Unknown: A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century

Victor J. Katz

485 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
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What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y's. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axiomatically defined constructs like groups, rings, and fields. Taming the Unknown considers how these ...

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