Arithmetic in the thought of gerbert of aurillac
Auteur :
Otisk, Marek
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631858165
Date de publication :
10 févr. 2022
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
387 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
The book deals with Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) and his investigations in the field of theoretical and practical arithmetic. It is mainly based on an analysis of Gerbert’s so-called scientific letters. An attention is paid to the philosophy of numbers (Saltus Gerberti, quadrivium) and practical counting (Hindu-Arabic numerals, abacus).