The main sources for the Arte Mayor in sixteenth century Spain

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Title:	The main sources for the Arte Mayor in sixteenth century Spain
Author:	Massa Esteve, Maria Rosa; Romero Vallhonesta, Fàtima
Other authors:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Matemàtiques; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GRHCT - Grup de Recerca d'Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica
Abstract:	One of the main changes in European Renaissance mathematics was the progressive development of algebra from practical arithmetic, in which equations and operations began to be written with abbreviations and symbols rather than in the rethorical way found in earlier arithmetical texts. In Spain, the introduction of algebraic procedures was mainly achieved through certain commercial or arithmetical texts, in which a section was devoted to algebra or the
Abstract:	Peer Reviewed
Subject(s):	-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Àlgebra -Algebra--History--16th century -Arte Mayor -Sixteenth century -Spain -Marco Aurel -Christoff Rudolff -Àlgebra -- Història -- S. XVI
Rights:	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
Document type:	Article - Submitted version Article
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