Article ID: CBB497329553

The Main Sources for the Arte Mayor in Sixteenth Century Spain (2018)

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One of the main changes in European Renaissance mathematics was the progressive development of algebra from practical arithmetic, in which equations and operations began to be written with abbreviations and symbols, rather than in the rhetorical way found in earlier arithmetical texts. In Spain, the introduction of algebraic procedures was mainly achieved through certain commercial or arithmetical texts, in which a section was devoted to algebra or the ‘Arte Mayor’. This paper deals with the contents of the first arithmetical texts containing sections on algebra. These allow us to determine how algebraic ideas were introduced into Spain and what their main sources were. The first printed arithmetical Spanish text containing algebra was the Libro primero de Arithmetica Algebratica (1552) by Marco Aurel. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyse the possible sources of this book and show the major influence of the German text Coss (1525) by Christoff Rudolff, on Aurel's work.

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Authors & Contributors
Rommevaux, Sabine
Rey, Javier Docampo
Sangüesa, Itziar Molina
Maria do Céu Peireira da Silva
Rommevaux-Tani, Sabine
Massa Esteve, María Rosa
Concepts
Algebra
Mathematics
Arithmetic
Transmission of ideas
Geometry
Applied mathematics
Time Periods
16th century
Renaissance
17th century
15th century
Early modern
Medieval
Places
Spain
Italy
Nuremberg (Germany)
England
Catalonia (Spain)
Bologna (Italy)
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