An Early Form of Greek Algebra

DOI10.1111/J.1600-0498.1998.TB00535.XMaRDI QIDQ4780758zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jacques Sesiano

Publication date 21 November 2002

Published in Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1998.tb00535.x

zbMATH Keywords

Greek algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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