Commutativity and collinearity: a historical case study of the interconnection of mathematical ideas. Part I

DOI10.1080/17498430.2015.1046037zbMath1342.01049OpenAlexW2357095788WikidataQ58514606 ScholiaQ58514606MaRDI QIDQ2806370

Adrian C. Rice, Ezra A. Brown

Publication date: 17 May 2016

Published in: BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2015.1046037

zbMATH Keywords

sums of squaresEulerDiophantusnormed algebrasPappusDegen

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) History of mathematics and mathematicians (01A99) History of geometry (51-03)

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