Descartes and the Geometrization of Algebra

DOI10.2307/2308751zbMath0092.24502OpenAlexW4250033805WikidataQ56211635 ScholiaQ56211635MaRDI QIDQ3268290

C. B. Boyer

Publication date: 1959

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2308751

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