The calculus of operations and the rise of abstract algebra

DOI10.1007/BF00327101zbMath0232.01006OpenAlexW1990249251MaRDI QIDQ2550718

Elaine Koppelman

Publication date: 1971

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00327101

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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