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A whimsical examination of math in the Middle Ages.

This book brings together many unusual and entertaining examples of Medieval mathematical exercises. Medieval treatises on arithmetic and algebra frequently include along with the usual commercial and daily life applications, mathematical games, and recreational problems. The latter, while still on the subject of trade or daily life, involve conditions that are quite unrealistic if not totally absurd. As this book demonstrates, the authors of these problem sets hoped to show that mathematics could both be fun and useful.

Mathematical Recreations in the Middle Ages

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    Publisher: Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
    Publication Date: 05/02/2024
    ISBN13: 9782889155125, 978-2889155125
    ISBN10: 2889155129

    Number of Pages: 352

    Non Fiction , History

    Description

    A whimsical examination of math in the Middle Ages.

    This book brings together many unusual and entertaining examples of Medieval mathematical exercises. Medieval treatises on arithmetic and algebra frequently include along with the usual commercial and daily life applications, mathematical games, and recreational problems. The latter, while still on the subject of trade or daily life, involve conditions that are quite unrealistic if not totally absurd. As this book demonstrates, the authors of these problem sets hoped to show that mathematics could both be fun and useful.

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