The Arithmetica of Diophantus - A Complete Translation and Commentary

This volume offers an English translation of all ten extant books of Diophantus' Arithmetica, alongside a comprehensive conceptual, historical, and mathematical commentary. Of interest to scholars of history from ancient Greece to the Renaissance, historians of mathematics, science, and technology, and mathematicians.

List of contents

Part I: Introduction, 1. Diophantus and his work, 2. Numbers, problem solving, and algebra, 3. History, 4. Structure and language of the Arithmetica, 5. The didactic aspect of the Arithmetica, Part II: Translation, Part III: Commentary, Part IV: Appendices.

About the author

Jean Christianidis is a professor of history of mathematics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece) and partner member of the Centre Alexandre-Koyré (Paris, France). He has authored or co-authored numerous articles on Diophantus and on Greek and Byzantine mathematics.
Jeffrey Oaks is a mathematics professor at University of Indianapolis (USA). He is co-author of the 2021 book Al-Haw¿r¿'s Essential Commentary: Arabic Arithmetic in the Fourteenth Century.

Summary

This volume offers an English translation of all ten extant books of Diophantus' Arithmetica, alongside a comprehensive conceptual, historical, and mathematical commentary. Of interest to scholars of history from ancient Greece to the Renaissance, historians of mathematics, science, and technology, and mathematicians.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Christianidis, Christianidis Jean, Jeffrey Oaks
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032324456
• ISBN: 978-1-032-32445-6
• No. of pages: 876
• Weight: 1650 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Ancient / General, MATHEMATICS / General, Mathematics, Ancient World, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE