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DESCRIPTION:The Montreal Inter-University Workshop on the History and Philo
 sophy of Mathematics presents:\n\n'François Viète's Revolution in Algebra'
 \n\nJeff Oaks (University of Indianapolis)\n	Friday\, November 29\, 2024\n	3
 :30-5:00 PM\n	Leacock 927\n\nAbstract: The algebra that drives nearly every
  aspect of modern science and technology has its roots in a radical innova
 tion of François Viète (1540–1603)\, a French lawyer in the court of Hen
 ry IV. Seeking a more efficient means of deriving geometrical propositions
  for the purpose of astronomical calculation\, Viète created an algebra i
 n which the knowns and unknowns are not numbers but are the relative sizes
  of non-quantified geometric magnitudes. The nature of his algebraic terms
  are necessarily structured differently than the terms of the numerical al
 gebra which had been practiced since antiquity\, and that difference exten
 ds to their notational representations. In this talk I will describe that 
 numerical algebra\, contrast it with Viète’s geometrical algebra\, and ex
 plain how Viète’s algebra was soon adapted again to a numerical context.
 \n\nThe Montreal Inter-University Workshop on the History and Philosophy o
 f Mathematics' website.\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Room 927\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 r
 ue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Jeff Oaks (University of Indianapolis)\, 'François Viète's Revoluti
 on in Algebra'
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/philosophy/channels/event/jeff-oaks-university-in
 dianapolis-francois-vietes-revolution-algebra-360974
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