FISHER has aimed at writing a short work on algebra for students who have no ... and the result is a compact and carefully put together little book. The limit he has set himself is to enable ...

For instance, a typical problem in the algebra book “Sumario Compendioso of Juan Diez,” published in Mexico in 1556, uses the word “cosa” – meaning “stuff” or “thing” – to ...

It discusses, more fully than is usual in books on algebra, the fundamental principles of the science, and its aim is to be of service to the independent student who has not the advantage of ...