What is it about?
My research is focussing on three works, In Artem analyticen Isagoge (1591) by François Viète (1540-1603); Cursus Mathematicus (1634-1637-1642) by Pierre Hérigone (1580-1643) and Geometriae Speciosae Elementa (1659) by Pietro Mengoli (1626/7-1686). Thus, the aim of this article is to analyse two relevant aspects of symbolic language in the relationships between these three works: the significance of the notation in the symbolic language and the role of Hérigone’s new symbolic method. We analyse the notation from Viète's indeterminate to Mengoli's determinable indeterminate quantity and from rethorical explanations to symbolic lines.
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Why is it important?
This analysis allows us to better understand the role played by this circulation of ideas in the formative process of symbolic language in mathematics.
Perspectives
I will continue analyzing the transformation of mathematics in the seventeenth century focussing on the infinity developments.
Sra Mª Rosa Massa-Esteve
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
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This page is a summary of: The role of symbolic language in the transformation of mathematics, Philosophica, January 2012, Ghent University,
DOI: 10.21825/philosophica.82142.
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