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Algebra in Pacioli’s work Summa (1494)

Abstract

Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita, published in Venice for the first time, was then probably the first printed compendium of mathematics, and it became an important starting point for the development of mathematics in Italy during the whole 16th century, which is famous exactly for its excellent algebraic discoveries. In the study, we wish to show the real form of Pacioli’s algebraic thinking, the sources he was relying on consciously and how it could have been the starting point for the next development.

Language: czech

Keywords: Luca Pacioli; Summa de Arithmetica Geometria Proportioni et Proportionalita; 1494; algebra; Italy