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Enlightening symbols: a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers
While all of us regularly use basic math symbols such as those for plus, minus, and equals, few of us know that many of these symbols weren't available before the sixteenth century. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did mathematical notations evolve into what w...
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| Lenguaje: | eng |
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Princeton University Press
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1728252 |