From Cardano's great art to Lagrange's reflections [electronic resource] : filling a gap in the history of algebra / Jacqueline Stedall.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stedall, Jacqueline A.
Language:English
Published: Zürich : European Mathematical Society, ©2011.
Series:Heritage of European mathematics
Subjects:
Algebra > History.
Online Access:
European Mathematical Society eBooks Collection: 2011 (European Mathematical Press)
EBSCO eBooks: 2011 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2011 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
From Cardano's great art to Lagrange's reflections: filling a gap in the history of algebra
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • I. From Cardano to Newton: 1545 to 1707: From Cardano to Viète ; From Viète to Descartes ; From Descartes to Newton
  • II. From Newton to Lagrange: 1707 to 1771: Discerning the nature of the roots ; Roots as sums of radicals ; functions of the roots ; Elimination theory ; The degree of a resolvent ; Numerical solution ; The insights of Lagrange ; The outsiders
  • III. After Lagrange: Dissemination and new directions.