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The Unattainable Attempt to Avoid the Casus Irreducibilis for Cubic Equations. Gerolamo Cardano's de Regula Aliza.
Sara Confalonieri
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paperback. Num Pages: 463 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 605.
Sara Confalonieri presents an overview of Cardano’s mathematical treatises and, in particular, discusses the writings that deal with cubic equations. The author gives an insight into the latest of Cardano’s algebraic works, the De Regula Aliza (1570), which displays the attempts to overcome the difficulties entailed by the casus irreducibilis. Notably some of Cardano's strategies in this treatise are thoroughly analyzed. Far from offering an ultimate account of De Regula Aliza, by one of the most outstanding scholars of the 16th century, the present work is a first step towards a better understanding.
Sara Confalonieri presents an overview of Cardano’s mathematical treatises and, in particular, discusses the writings that deal with cubic equations. The author gives an insight into the latest of Cardano’s algebraic works, the De Regula Aliza (1570), which displays the attempts to overcome the difficulties entailed by the casus irreducibilis. Notably some of Cardano's strategies in this treatise are thoroughly analyzed. Far from offering an ultimate account of De Regula Aliza, by one of the most outstanding scholars of the 16th century, the present work is a first step towards a better understanding.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
463
Condition
New
Number of Pages
443
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783658092740
SKU
V9783658092740
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About Sara Confalonieri
Sara Confalonieri graduated in Philosophy at the Università degli Studi di Milano, in Mathematics at the Université Paris 6, and in Epistemology at the Université Paris 7, where she also obtained the PhD degree in history of mathematics on cubic equations during the Renaissance. At present, she takes part in a project on history of the didactic of mathematics in ... Read more
Reviews for The Unattainable Attempt to Avoid the Casus Irreducibilis for Cubic Equations. Gerolamo Cardano's de Regula Aliza.
“Sara Confalonieri presents the most complete analysis every attempted of Cardano’s Ars magna as well as of Cardano’s valiant attempts to bypass the cases where the cubic formula includes square roots of negative numbers, the so-called casus irreducibilis. … a reference guide that will be useful whenever one is studying Cardano’s work. … This work will stand as a monument ... Read more