The origin of mathematics

MaRDI QIDQ1251641zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors A. Seidenberg

Publication date 1978

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

zbMATH Keywords

Origin of Mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General histories, source books (01A05) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of Indian mathematics (01A32)

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• Harpedonaptae and abstract convexity
• The mathematics in the structures of Stonehenge
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