Algebra in Italy

Bartel Leenert van der Waerden
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Bartel Leenert van der Waerden: Universität Zürich, Mathematisches Institut

Chapter Chapter 2 in A History of Algebra, 1985, pp 32-62 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The methods of al-jabr and al-muqabala were made known in Italy first by the Latin translation of the algebra of al-Khwarizmi by Gerard of Cremona, and next by the work of Leonardo da Pisa (called Fibonacci). Leonardo was followed by several other writers of arithmetical textbooks, of which Luca Pacioli is best known. Before discussing the work of these authors, I shall first explain how the need for such textbooks was created by the economic conditions of the Italian merchants. In my exposition I shall gladly make use of the contents of a very interesting lecture entitled “The Contributions of the Italian Renaissance to European Mathematics”, presented by Warren Van Egmond at a symposium held at Cortona in April 1983.

Keywords: Quadratic Equation; Cube Root; Latin Translation; Algebraic Notation; Biquadratic Equation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-51599-6_2

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