Jacopo da Firenze’s Tractatus Algorismi and Early Italian Abbacus Culture

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Høyrup, Jens (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2007.
• Σειρά: Science Networks. Historical Studies ; 34
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Applications of Mathematics.

In the city republics of Renaissance Italy, it was a common practice among the merchant class to send sons for a two-year course of study at an "abbacus school", where they learned practical, mostly commercial mathematics, known as abbaco. From this school institution, several hundred manu...