Of our own nation: John Wallis's account of mathematical learning in medieval England

DOI10.1006/hmat.2000.2307zbMath0993.01008OpenAlexW2081730807MaRDI QIDQ5944931

Jacqueline A. Stedall

Publication date: 19 September 2002

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.2000.2307

zbMATH Keywords

EnglandHindu-Arabic numeralsJohn Wallis (1616-1703)medieval mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Historiography (01A85)

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