The first edition of The Epistle of the Number, composed in Syracuse, Sicily, at the end of the 14th century. It is the first known Hebrew treatise to include extensive algebraic theories and procedures, exposing novel mathematical vocabulary, and enhancing our understanding of the linguistic mechanisms which helped create scientific vocabulary in medieval Hebrew.
- ISBN10 1463204175
- ISBN13 9781463204174
- Publish Date 11 September 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Gorgias Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 488
- Language English