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6、hicalreferencesandindex.ISBN978-1-61530-219-2(eBook)1.Algebra.2.Trigonometry.I.Hosch,WilliamL.II.Title:Algebraandtrigonometry.QA155.B752010512dc222009047905Cover©www.istockphoto.com/StefanKlein;p.12©www.istockphoto.com/FernandoBatista;p.22©www.istockphoto.com/Alejand

7、roRaymond;pp.23,91,163,202,227,259,268,270,273©www.istockphoto.com/JamesThew.CONTENTSIntroduction12Chapter1:Algebra23HistoryofAlgebra23TheEmergenceofFormalEquations23ProblemSolvinginEgyptandBabylon2525GreeceandtheLimitsofGeometricExpression27TheEquationinIndiaandChin

8、a31IslamicContributions32CommerceandAbacistsintheEuropeanRenaissance35CardanoandtheSolvingofCubicandQuarticEquations38VièteandtheFo