The alien realm of the minus: Deviatory mathematics in Cardano's writings

DOI10.1080/00033798000200171MaRDI QIDQ3870852zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Rosalind Cecily. Young

Publication date 1980

Published in Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00033798000200171

zbMATH Keywords

CardanoHarriotminus signsign-rule of multiplication

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

Cites work

• The Influence of Practical Arithmetics on the Algebra of Rafael Bombelli
• The ordered regiment of the minus sign: Off-beat mathematics in Harriot's manuscripts

Cited in

(3)

• The \textit{casus irreducibilis} in Cardano's \textit{Ars magna} and \textit{De regula aliza}
• Negatives as fictions in \(\mathrm{16^{th}}\) and \(\mathrm{17^{th}}\) century mathematics
• The natures of numbers in and around Bombelli's \textit{L'algebra}

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