What is algebra and what has it been in history?
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Publication:1237701
DOI10.1007/BF00328154zbMath0357.01003MaRDI QIDQ1237701
Publication date: 1976
Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00328154
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