Through the looking glass, and what algebra found there: historically informed conceptual metaphors of algebraic substitution and Gaussian elimination

DOI10.1080/26375451.2023.2215650MaRDI QIDQ6074031FDOQ6074031

Authors: Melinda Lanius 

Publication date: 18 September 2023

Published in: British Journal for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian eliminationmatrixhistory of mathematicsmathematics educationsystems of linear equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Equations and inequalities (educational aspects) (97H30)

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• How ordinary elimination became Gaussian elimination
• Symbolic language in early modern mathematics: The algebra of Pierre Hérigone (1580-1643)
• Alice through Looking Glass after Looking Glass: The Mathematics of Mirrors and Kaleidoscopes

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