Incomplete understanding of complex numbers. Girolamo Cardano: a case study in the acquisition of mathematical concepts

DOI10.1007/s11229-014-0527-xzbMath1311.01011OpenAlexW2009920021MaRDI QIDQ2263062

Denis Buehler

Publication date: 17 March 2015

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-014-0527-x

zbMATH Keywords

Cardanoanti-individualismconceptual role theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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