From Cardano's great art to Lagrange's reflections. Filling a gap in the history of algebra

DOI10.4171/092zbMATH Open1231.01006OpenAlexW4301874626MaRDI QIDQ633239FDOQ633239

Jacqueline Stedall

Publication date: 31 March 2011

Published in: Heritage of European Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4171/092

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zbMATH Keywords

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) Equations in general fields (12E12) History of field theory (12-03)

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