Article ID: CBB000013127

Woodhouse, Babbage, Peacock and modern algebra (1980)

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Description Response to J. M. Dubbey's (Hist. Math., 1977, 4: 295-302) argument that George Peacock in his A treatise on algebra (1830) unconsciously assimilated Charles Babbage's ideas. “The thesis of this article is that the innovative aspects of the work of both Babbage and Peacock are extensions of ideas put forth in 1803 by Robert Woodhouse ...”


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Authors & Contributors
Ursula Martin
Williams, M. R.
Wilkes, M. V.
Verburgt, Lukas M.
Rice, Adrian
Pycior, Helena M.
Concepts
Algebra
Mathematics
India, civilization and culture
Calculus
Arithmetic
History of science, as a discipline
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
British Isles
Great Britain
Institutions
Cambridge University
Analytical Society
University of Chicago
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