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
Cohen, Yvonne
Wilson, Daniel C. S.
Wilkes, M. V.
Verburgt, Lukas M.
Pycior, Helena M.
Phillips, Christopher James
Journals
Historia Mathematica
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Indian Journal of History of Science
Sciences et Techniques en Perspective
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Publishers
Tomash
Cork University Press
American Mathematical Society
Concepts
Algebra
Mathematics
India, civilization and culture
Calculus
Arithmetic
History of science, as a discipline
People
Peacock, George
Babbage, Charles
Herschel, John Frederick William
Woodhouse, Robert
Hamilton, William Rowan
Gregory, Duncan Farquharson
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
British Isles
Great Britain
Institutions
Cambridge University
Analytical Society
University of Chicago
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