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Algebra and Analytic Geometry | |
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Algebra and Analytic Geometry | |
Beginning in the 16th century the diverse fields of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry were integrated. Standard notations were developed: symbols for operations, the equal sign, using letters of the alphabet to represent unknowns, and the use of exponents and coefficients. Descartes and Fermat applied algebra to geometry, bringing the full power of the former to bear on the latter. This became known as analytic geometry, the precursor of calculus.
Diophantus of Alexandria
Diophantus
of Alexandria
Diophantus of Alexandria
Viete
Francois
Viete
Biography
of Francois Viete
Descartes
Fermat
Pierre
de Fermat
Fermat's
Last Theorem
Napier
John
Napier
Kepler,
Napier, and the Third Law
Napier's
Bones
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