Particularis de computis et scripturis y las matemáticas islámicas y europeas

Particularis of computis et scripturis and islamic and european mathematics

Nohora García

Econógrafos, Escuela de Economía from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID

Abstract: This paper aims to clarify the main raison why the passage Particularis de Computis et Scripturis appeared in the mathematical work of Luca Pacioli: La Summa. As this work was a commercial arithmetic, history of such works in Islamic and European dimension of mathematics and practical use of mathematics in these societies were investigated.

Keywords: Luca Pacioli; double entry; Summa Arithmetica; medieval mathematics; abbaco (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23
Date: 2014-04
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