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The elements of algebra were known to the ancient Mesopotamians at least 4000 years ago. Today algebra stands as one of the cornerstones of modern mathematics. How then did the subject evolve? How did its constituent ideas and concepts arise, and how have they changed over the years? These are the questions that the authors address in this work. The authors challenge the existing view that the development of algebra was driven by the investigation of determinate equations and in particular show more their solution by radicals. In short they claim that the study of indeterminate equations was no less important.--From publisher's description. show lessTags
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Ross Honsberger: After more than a decade of teaching secondary school mathematics in Toronto, he took advantage of a sabbatical leave to study at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He joined its faculty in 1964 in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization and is now Professor Emeritus
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