The natures of numbers in and around Bombelli's \textit{L'algebra}

DOI10.1007/s00407-010-0062-1zbMath1208.01012OpenAlexW2130847285MaRDI QIDQ711448

Roy Wagner

Publication date: 26 October 2010

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-010-0062-1

zbMATH Keywords

Bombellicubic equationsCardano

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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