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26 de mar. de 2009 · The Whetstone of Witte was published in 1557, and was the book that introduced the equals sign in its modern form (as well as the first book in English to use the plus and minus signs). A significant proportion of the book is devoted to rearranging and solving Cossic expressions and equations (in other words, algebra). One of the key texts in ...
Robert Recorde (1512-1558) Sixteenth century Welsh mathematician who was educated at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. Robert Recorde (1512-1558) In his work published in 1557, Recorde provided an introduction to algebra, used his new symbol for equality “=”, and introduced the symbol for addition, “+”, which was ...
Nacido alrededor de 1512, Robert Recorde fue el segundo y último hijo de Thomas y Rose Recorde de Tenby, Pembrokeshire, en Gales. Recorde ingresó a la Universidad de Oxford alrededor de 1525 y fue elegido miembro del All Souls College allí en 1531. Habiendo adoptado la medicina como profesión, fue a la Universidad de Cambridge para obtener ...
El símbolo = (igual) compuesto por dos rayas que indican igualdad y que utilizamos normalmente en cualquier operación aritmética, comenzó a utilizarlas el matemático inglés Robert Recorde en ...
The 16th-Century intellectual Robert Recorde is chiefly remembered for introducing the equals sign into algebra, yet the greater significance and broader scope of his work is often overlooked.Robert Recorde: Tudor Polymath, Expositor and Practitioner of Computation presents an authoritative and in-depth analysis of the man, his achievements and his historical importance.
Robert Recorde. Robert Recorde ( c. 1510 - 1558) fue un médico y matemático galés que utilizó por primera vez el signo igual (=) en el año 1557. Miembro de una respetable familia de Dinbych - y - Pysgod, Gales, entró en la universidad de Oxford cerca del 1525, y obtuvo trabajo en elAll Souls Collegeen 1531. Habiéndose dedicado a la ...
Robert Recorde was a Welsh mathematician responsible for this book, The Whetstone of witte, in which he introduced the + and - signs for the first time in English. Recorde is also notable for the invention of the ‘=’ sign, which also first appeared in this work. The sign was based on Recordes own shorthand when writing equations, stating as he introduced it to avoide the tediouse ...
