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ERIC Number: EJ478374
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
Aspects of Negative Numbers in the Early 17th Century.
Thomaidis, Yannis
Science and Education, v2 n1 p69-86 1993
Explores two different types of problems through which negative numbers started being used systematically in mathematics. The first problem deals with the correspondence between the terms of an arithmetical and a geometrical progression; the second deals with the application of algebraic syntactical rules in the theory of equations. (PR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics History, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Negative Numbers; Philosophy of Mathematics