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

DOI10.1080/26375451.2023.2215650MaRDI QIDQ6074031zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Melinda Lanius

Publication date 18 September 2023

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

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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• Symbolic language in early modern mathematics: The algebra of Pierre Hérigone (1580-1643)

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