Introduction to Arithmetic with Studies in Greek Arithmetic by Nicomachus of Gerasa translated by Martin Luther D’Ooge
$175.00
Introduction to Arithmetic with Studies in Greek Arithmetic by Nicomachus of Gerasa translated by Martin Luther D’Ooge, published in 1972. Presents a foundational but philosophically oriented view of numbers. It covers elementary number theory and mystical properties of numbers, influenced by Pythagorean thought, and contrasts it with more geometrical approaches to arithmetic, such as Euclid’s. This work was a standard authority for over a millennium and influenced medieval mathematics and philosophy. Hardcover near fine.
