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Darrera modificació: 2023-08-24
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Sigler, Laurence E., Fibonacci's Liber Abaci: A Translation into English of Leonardo Pisano's Book of Calculation, Nova York, Springer, 2002, viii + 636 pp.
- Resum
- First published in 1202, Fibonacci's Liber Abaci was one of the most important books on mathematics in the Middle Ages, introducing Arabic numerals and methods throughout Europe. This is the first translation into a modern European language, of interest not only to historians of science but also to all mathematicians and mathematics teachers interested in the origins of their methods.
Conté:
Introduction · 1-11
Here Begins the First Chapter · 17-22
Here Begins Chapter Two on the Multiplication of Whole Numbers · 23-38
Here Begins the Third Chapter on the Addition of Whole Numbers · 39-43
Here Begins the Fourth Chapter on the Subtraction of Lesser Numbers from Greater Numbers · 45-47
Here Begins the Fifth Chapter on the Divisions of Integral Numbers · 49-76
Here Ends the Fifth Chapter and Begins the Sixth Chapter on the Multiplication of Integral Numbers with Fractions · 77-98
Here Begins the Seventh Chapter on the Addition and Subtraction and Division of Numbers with Fractions and the Reduction of Several Parts to a Single Part · 99-126
Here Begins Chapter Eight on Finding The Value of Merchandise by the Principal Method · 127-177
Here Begins Chapter Nine on the Barter of Merchandise and Similar Things · 179-211
Here Begins Chapter Ten on Companies and their Members · 213-226
Here Begins Chapter Eleven on the Alloying of Monies · 227-257
Here Begins Chapter Twelve · 259-445
Here Begins Chapter Thirteen on the Method Elchataym and How with It Nearly All Problems of Mathematics Are Solved · 447-487
Here Begins the Fourteenth Chapter, On Finding Square and Cubic Roots, and on the Multiplication, Division, and Subtraction of Them, and On the Treatment of Binomials and Apotomes and their Roots · 489-530
Here Begins Chapter Fifteen on Pertinent Geometric Rules And on Problems of Algebra and Almuchabala · 531-615
Notes for Liber abaci · 617-633
Bibliography · 635-636
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- URL
- https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4613-0 ...
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