Enlightening symbols. A short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers

MaRDI QIDQ5408523zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Joseph Mazur

Publication date 10 April 2014

zbMATH Keywords

algebranotationnumeralssymbolic cognition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Popularization of mathematics (00A09) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to history and biography (01-01) General histories, source books (01A05)

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• On the origin of the square root symbol.
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• The construction of mathematical symbols. Symbols and invention
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• The Abel-Ruffini theorem: complex but not complicated
• Reckonings. Numerals, cognition, and history
• Leibniz between ars characteristica and ars inveniendi: Unknown news about Cajori's `master-builder of mathematical notations'
• Guest editor's introduction
• Book review of: R. Rojas, The language of mathematics: the stories behind the symbols

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