In defence of geometrical algebra

DOI10.1007/s00407-015-0169-5zbMath1379.01005OpenAlexW2193523374MaRDI QIDQ1697420

Viktor Blåsjö

Publication date: 19 February 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-015-0169-5

zbMATH Keywords

geometric intuitionquadratic problemquadratic formulaalgebraic thoughtgeometrical algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Historiography (01A85)

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