Thomas Harriot's Artis Analyticae Praxis An English Translation with Commentary /

• Main Authors: Seltman, Muriel (Author), Goulding, Robert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebra.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

The present work is the first ever English translation of the original text of Thomas Harriot's Artis Analyticae Praxis, first published in 1631 in Latin. Thomas Harriot's Praxis is an essential work in the history of algebra. Even though Harriot's contemporary, Viete, was among the f...

Table of Contents:

• The Practice of the Analytic Art (translation)
• Preface to Analysts
• Definitions
• Section One
• Section Two
• Section Three
• Section Four
• Section Five
• Section Six
• Numerical Exegesis
• Rules for Guidance
• Commentary
• Comparative Table of Equations Solved
• Textual Emendations.