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Arithmetic in the Thought of Gerbert of Aurillac

by Marek Otisk

ISBN13: 9783631858165
ISBN10: 3631858167

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The book deals with Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) and his investigations in the field of theoretical and practical arithmetic. It is mainly based on an analysis of Gerbert's so-called scientific letters. An attention is paid to the philosophy of numbers (Saltus Gerberti, quadrivium) and practical counting (Hindu-Arabic numerals, abacus).

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ISBN:: 9783631858165
Binding:: Hardcover
Publication date:: 02/10/2022
Publisher:: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Language:: English
Pages:: 242
Height:: .69IN
Width:: 5.83IN
Series Number:: 10
Ed:: Seweryn Blandzi
Author:: Marek Otisk

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