Algebra : (Record no. 608)
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| fixed length control field | 03013cam a22002174a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 1867 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20200702113613.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 030805s2004 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9788130900919 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | PK |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 512 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| Item number | T112 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tabak, John. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Algebra : |
| Remainder of title | sets, symbols, and the language of thought / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | John Tabak. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Delhi : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Viva Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 224 p. |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | History of mathematics |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 01 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-212) and index. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Algebra |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | CONTENTS<br/>Acknowledgements ix<br/>Introduction: Algebra as Language x<br/>1-The First Algebras 1<br/>Mesopotamia: The Beginnings of Algebra 2<br/>Mesopotamians and Second-Degree Equations 5<br/>Clay Tablets/Electronic Calculators 8<br/>The Mesopotamians and Indeterminate Equations 11<br/>Egyptian Algebra 13<br/>Chinese Algebra 15<br/>Rhetorical Algebra 19<br/>2-Greek Algebra 23<br/>The Discovery of the Pythagoreans 25<br/>The Incommensurability of û2 30<br/> Geometric Algebra 32<br/> Algebra Made Visible 34<br/> Diophantus of Alexandria 39<br/>3-Algebra from India to Northern Africa 43<br/> Brahmagupta and the New Algebra 46<br/> Mahavira 50<br/> Bhaskara and the End of an Era 53<br/> Poetry and Algebra 56<br/> Islamic Mathematics 58<br/> Al-Khwarizmi and a New Concept of Algebra 61<br/> A Problem and a Solution 66<br/> Omar Khayyam, Islamic Algebra at its Best 67<br/> Leonardo of Pisa 72<br/>4-Algebra as a Theory of Equations 74<br/> The New Algorithms 78<br/>Algebra as a Tool in Science 84<br/> François Viète, Algebra as a Symbolic Language 86<br/> Thomas Harriot 92<br/> Albert Girard and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra 96<br/> Further Attempts at a Proof 101<br/> Using Polynomials 107<br/>5-Algebra in Geometry and Analysis 109<br/> René Descartes 114<br/> Descartes on Multiplication 117<br/> Pierre de Fermat 122<br/> Fermat's Last Theorem 126<br/> The New Approach 129<br/>6-The Search for New Structures 132<br/> Niels Henrik Abel 134<br/> Évariste Galois 137<br/> Galois Theory and the Doubling of the Cube 140<br/> Doubling the Cube with a Straight Edge and Compass Is Impossible 144<br/> The Solution of Algebraic Equations 147<br/> Group Therapy in Chemistry 152<br/>7-The Laws of Thought 154<br/> Aristotle 155<br/> Gottfried Leibniz 159<br/> George Boole and the Laws of Thought 164<br/> Boolean Algebra 168<br/> Aristotle and Boole 171<br/> Refining and Extending Boolean Algebra 175<br/> Boolean Algebra and Computers 179<br/>8-The Theory of Matrices and Determinants 182<br/> Early Ideas 185<br/> Spectral Theory 190<br/> The Theory of Matrices 199<br/> Matrix Multiplication 203<br/> A Computational Application of Matrix Algebra 208<br/> Matrices in Ring Theory 210<br/> |
| Withdrawn status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| UE-Central Library | UE-Central Library | 08.06.2018 | U.E. | 512 T112 | T1867 | 30.08.2023 | 08.06.2018 | Books |
