The transformation of mathematics in the early mediterranean world: From problems to equations

The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World: From Problems to Equations

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-198

  Netz, Reviel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511720000     Document Type: Book

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