Jacopo da Firenze's Tractatus Algorismi and Early Italian Abbacus CultureSpringer Science & Business Media, 24 dic 2007 - 482 pagine This book deals with one of the earliest surviving "abbacus" treatises, one that is by far more orderly than any of the extant predecessors and is also the first to contain a presentation of algebra. The book contains an edition and an English translation of a manuscript from c. 1450. In addition, it features an extensive discussion of the contents of the treatise and its location within early abbacus culture. |
Sommario
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The Abbacus Tradition 27 | 26 |
The Contents of Jacopos Tractatus | 45 |
Algebra | 147 |
Jacopos Material and Influence | 183 |
The Text 193 | 192 |
9 Graphic Schemes Illustrating the Arithmetic of Fractions | 228 |
10 Examples Explaining the Arithmetic of Fractions | 230 |
Introduction | 379 |
The text 383 | 382 |
2 Introduction of the Numerals and the Role of Zero | 385 |
4 Explanation and Exemplification of the PlaceValue Principle | 387 |
6 Multiplication Tables | 389 |
7 Tables of Higher Squares and Products | 395 |
8 Divisions a regolo and a danda | 408 |
9 Graphic Schemes Illustrating the Arithmetic of Fractions | 415 |
11 The Rule of Three with Examples | 236 |
12 Computations of NonCompound Interest | 242 |
13 Problems involving metrological shortcuts | 246 |
14 Mixed Problems Including Partnership Exchange and Genuine Recreational Problems | 251 |
15 Practical Geometry with Approximate Computation of Square Roots | 284 |
16 Rules and Examples for Algebra until the Second Degree | 304 |
17 Rules without Examples for Reducible Third and FourthDegree Equations | 320 |
18 A Grain Problem of Alloying Type | 323 |
19 Second and ThirdDegree Problems about Continued Proportions Dressed as Wage Problems and Solved without the Use of cosacensus Algebra | 324 |
20 Tabulated Degrees of Fineness of Coins | 331 |
21 Alloying Problems | 337 |
22 Further Mixed Problems Including Practical Geometry | 347 |
THE REVISED VERSION MILAN AND FLORENCE | 377 |
10 Examples Explaining the Arithmetic of Fractions | 416 |
11 The Rule of Three with Examples | 419 |
12 Computations of NonCompound Interest | 422 |
13 Problems Involving Metrological Shortcuts | 423 |
14 Mixed Problems Including Partnership Exchange and Genuine Recreational Problems | 426 |
15 Practical Geometry with Approximate Computation of Square Roots | 440 |
20 Tabulated Degrees of Fineness of Coins | 448 |
21 Alloying Problems | 452 |
Sigla | 457 |
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