VIETE, Opera mathematica, 1646
VIETE, François.
Opera mathematica in unum volumen congesta ac recognita, opera atque studio Francisci a Schooten.
Leyde, ex officina Bonaventura Abraham Elzeviriorum, 1646.
Folio (305x196 mm), (12)-554 pages and 1 plate. binding : Contemporary full vellum, flat spine. Pages 1 to 18 worn on head margin, first leaves restored without loss of text. The leave with volvelles, cropped in external margin.
First collective edition of the works of François Viète.
François Viète, a 16th-century French mathematician born in Fontenay-le-Comte in 1540 and died in Paris in 1603, is often hailed as the father of modern algebra.
Indeed, Viète was one of the first mathematicians in Europe to note the parameters of an equation using symbols. His innovative approach and contribution to algebraic notation was particularly influential and opened new ways for solving mathematical problems. In recognition of his contributions, Viète is widely considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his time and his legacy endures in the field of modern mathematics to this day.
This first collective edition features sixteen of Viète's works, including his seminal 'Isagoge in artem analyticam', which introduced his innovative algebraic notation.
references: Grisard J. [ Revue d'histoire des sciences Année 1971 : "Le but de cet ouvrage était de rendre accessibles au public du milieu du xvii siècle les travaux de Viète en mathématiques, dont les éditions originales étaient dėja rarissimes et dispersées."]
DSB ["The most important of Viète’s many works on algebra was In artem analyticem isagoge, the earliest work on symbolic algebra (Tours, 1591). It also introduced the use of letters both for known quantities, which were denoted by the consonants B, C, D, and so on, and for unknown quantities, which were denoted by the vowels. Furthermore, in using A to denote the unknown quantity x, Viète sometimes employed A quadratus, A cubus…to represents x2, x3… This innovation, considered one of the most significant advances in the history of mathematics, prepared the way for the development of algebra."].
provenance: Bookplate Carolus L. B. de Peren. Stamp on title page from Hungary : Steph. Tasnadi Scholae of Patakinae.
Price : 9500 €
