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To: elmatador who wrote (58647)	1/10/2005 11:01:07 PM
From: Oblomov	Read Replies (1) of 74559

The Cossist algebra was a highly geometric and verbal notation, not a symbolic one. The Arabic Cossists would construct a geometric figure that illustrated the problem, then they would proceed through a Euclidean-Diophantine logic to arrive at the result. The symbolic notation that we use today was invented mostly by Fibonacci, Cardano, and Descartes. It's an interesting story, for those mathematically inclined. lib.virginia.edu

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