An earlier date for ``Cramer's rule

DOI10.1006/HMAT.1999.2247MaRDI QIDQ1969917zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Bruce A. Hedman

Publication date 22 June 2000

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1999.2247

zbMATH Keywords

C. MacLaurinCramer's rule

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50)

Review text

The author justifies the claim made by the historian Carl Boyer that Cramer's rule for the solution of a set of linear equations was known to Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746) by 1729. His evidence comes from MacLaurin's Nachlass, which contains a transcription made that year of his `treatise of algebra, which was to appear in print posthumously, in 1748. Two folios are shown, stating the solution for three equations and indicating strategy for four equations. It is a pity that these folios were prepared for reproduction so carelessly, with the right hand edges cropped.

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