The abacus
Abdiel Gutierrez
Abstract—This paper will show the importance of the abacist during the Renaissance time in Europe, and the importance of their mathematical advances they did to algebra. Normally they were merchants or people that taught the merchants in the operation of the abacus. They appear in Europe in the beginning of the 1400 century and lasted until the year 1600. Their work was very important for the developing of mathematics because they were the first ones to understand that the use mathematical was closed related with money. Also, they were the first teachers, and they were the first ones to write books to be used for the teaching process.
I. INTRODUCTION
When the Roman Empire collapsed, Europe sunk into the darkest …show more content…
Cardano is considered to be the most prolific renaissance writer; during his life time he wrote 230 books of which he burned 92, and published only 138. However; at the end of his life he managed to write his own auto-biography where in which he describes some algebraic problems as well as some personal issues.
E. Nicolo Fontana Tartaglia Nicolo Fontana Tartaglia (1500-1557) was the last Italian abacus of the renaissance, and was famous for his algebraic solutions to cubic equations presented in Cardan’s book “Ars Magna”. The most important characteristic of Tartaglia is how he got his nickname, Donald Allen in his article “the Renaissance” says that he got the lower haw and upper palate damaged by a saber, and Allen also mentions that it made him to stutter and was the reason that his was nicknamed Tartaglia.
III. GERMAN ABACIST
The German abacus of the renaissance produced very important publication and were counterweight to the Italian abacus, and in some occasion they even dueled one another in abilities to solve algebraic problems.
A. Johan Muller …show more content…
E. Michael Stifel
Michael Stifel (1487-1567) was a German monk who later turn into a Lutheran preacher, and he was a professor at Jena. In 1544 he published the work titled Arithmetica integra which he dedicated to Philip Melanchthon which consisted of three books. This book he introduces the number theory, and negative numbers which he called them absurd, of fictitious.
IV. OTHER ABACUS OF THE RENAISSANCE
There are not that many abacus during the renaissance out of the Italian and German Schools. Although it is believed that there were a considerable number of abacus throughout Europe; the French and English mathematicians where the only ones to live written records.
A. Nicolas Chuquet
Nicolas Chuquet (1445-1500) was a French Mathematician and in 1484 he published a work on algebra in three parts titled Triparty which is believed to be the first algebra book published in French:
• Part I
In part one of Triparty he uses the Hindu-Arabic place value system and uses the result of fractions if then, is between
Abdiel Gutierrez
Abstract—This paper will show the importance of the abacist during the Renaissance time in Europe, and the importance of their mathematical advances they did to algebra. Normally they were merchants or people that taught the merchants in the operation of the abacus. They appear in Europe in the beginning of the 1400 century and lasted until the year 1600. Their work was very important for the developing of mathematics because they were the first ones to understand that the use mathematical was closed related with money. Also, they were the first teachers, and they were the first ones to write books to be used for the teaching process.
I. INTRODUCTION
When the Roman Empire collapsed, Europe sunk into the darkest …show more content…
Cardano is considered to be the most prolific renaissance writer; during his life time he wrote 230 books of which he burned 92, and published only 138. However; at the end of his life he managed to write his own auto-biography where in which he describes some algebraic problems as well as some personal issues.
E. Nicolo Fontana Tartaglia Nicolo Fontana Tartaglia (1500-1557) was the last Italian abacus of the renaissance, and was famous for his algebraic solutions to cubic equations presented in Cardan’s book “Ars Magna”. The most important characteristic of Tartaglia is how he got his nickname, Donald Allen in his article “the Renaissance” says that he got the lower haw and upper palate damaged by a saber, and Allen also mentions that it made him to stutter and was the reason that his was nicknamed Tartaglia.
III. GERMAN ABACIST
The German abacus of the renaissance produced very important publication and were counterweight to the Italian abacus, and in some occasion they even dueled one another in abilities to solve algebraic problems.
A. Johan Muller …show more content…
E. Michael Stifel
Michael Stifel (1487-1567) was a German monk who later turn into a Lutheran preacher, and he was a professor at Jena. In 1544 he published the work titled Arithmetica integra which he dedicated to Philip Melanchthon which consisted of three books. This book he introduces the number theory, and negative numbers which he called them absurd, of fictitious.
IV. OTHER ABACUS OF THE RENAISSANCE
There are not that many abacus during the renaissance out of the Italian and German Schools. Although it is believed that there were a considerable number of abacus throughout Europe; the French and English mathematicians where the only ones to live written records.
A. Nicolas Chuquet
Nicolas Chuquet (1445-1500) was a French Mathematician and in 1484 he published a work on algebra in three parts titled Triparty which is believed to be the first algebra book published in French:
• Part I
In part one of Triparty he uses the Hindu-Arabic place value system and uses the result of fractions if then, is between