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From Discrete to Continuous: The Broadening of Number Concepts Early Modern England
From Discrete to Continuous: The Broadening of Number Concepts Early Modern England
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This detailed study explores how the development of algebraic symbolism, logarithms, and the growing practical demands for an expanded number concept all contributed to a broadening of the number concept in early modern England. An interest in solving practical problems was not, in itself, enough to cause a generalisation of the number concept. It was the combined impact of novel practical applications together with the concomitant development of such mathematical advances as algebraic notation and logarithms that produced a broadened number concept.