Historical topics in algebra
Print Book, English, [1971]
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Washington, [1971]
History
v, 74 pages illustrations, map 23 cm
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Origin of the word "algebra" / John K. Baumgart
Equations and the ways they were written / Kenneth Cummins
The binomial theorem / Wade Ellis
Continued fractions / Elaine J. Tatham
Oughtred and the slide rule / Richard M. Park
Horner's method / Richard M. Park
Solution of polynomial equations of third and higher degrees / Rodney Hood
Vectors / Leonard E. Fuller
Determinants and matrices / Leonard E. Fuller
Boolean algebra / Anice Seybold
Congruence (mod m) / Sam Perlis
Complex numbers : the story of [the square root of -1] / Eugene W. Hellmich
Quaternions / Same Perlis
Early Greek algebra / Gertrude V. Pratt
Hindu algebra / Ferna E. Wrestler
Arabic algebra, 820-1250 / Cecil B. Read
Algebra in Europe, 1200-1850 / M. Stephanie Sloyen
Function / Joe Kennedy and Esther Ragan
Mathematical induction
Fundamental theorem of algebra
Descartes's rule of signs / Donald W. Western
Symmetric functions / Dorothy Wolfe
Discriminant / Dorothy Wolfe
Interest and annuities / L.S. Shively
Exponential notation / Donald J. Dessart
Rule of false position / Waldeck E. Mainville, Jr
"A separate presentation of the 'capsules' dealing with algebra in the Thirty-first Yearbook [1969] of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Historical topics for the mathematics classroom."