\textit{The whetstone of witte}: content and sources

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Authors Ulrich Reich

Publication date 13 October 2016

zbMATH Keywords

algebraequalityequation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

Review text

The paper is devoted to the presentation and discussion of \textit{The Whetstone of Witte} by Recorde (1557) [\url{https://archive.org/download/TheWhetstoneOfWitte/TheWhetstoneOfWitte_text.pdf}]. The author concentrates on the algebraic content of the book including both the introduction of variables and the discussion of equations. The latter includes the introduction of the equal sign. Attention is drawn also to some of the interesting and extraordinary details in other sections of the book. Some of Recorde's sources are revealed and compared with Recorde's own formulations.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 1309.01006].

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