scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2173739

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Authors Michel Serfati

Publication date 3 June 2005

zbMATH Keywords

algebraDescartesepistemologysymbolismViète

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) General histories, source books (01A05) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03)

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