From Viète to Descartes

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

Chapter Chapter 3 in A History of Algebra, 1985, pp 63-75 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract For the life of François Viète (1540–1603) see the article VIÈTE by H.L.L. Busard in Dictionary of Scientific Biography XIV, p. 18–25.

Keywords: Line Segment; Quadratic Equation; Variable Point; Conic Section; Analytic Geometry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-51599-6_3

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