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Bibliography

  1. Camerer, J. G. Apollonii de Tactionibus quae supersunt, ac maxime lemmata Pappi in hos libros Graece nunc primum edita e codicibus mscptis, cum Vietae Librorum Apollonii restitutione adjectis observationibus, computationibus ac problematis Apolloniani historia, Gothae apud C. G. Ettinger et Amstelodami, apud J. S van Esveldt Holthop et Soc (1795)

  2. Encyclopædia Britannica, 14th ed. New York (1936)

  3. Euclidis Megarensis Geometricorum elementorum libri XV, Parisiis in officina Henrici Stephani e regione scholædecretorum [1516]

  4. Hartshorne, Robin, Companion to Euclid, A course of geometry, based on Euclid's Elements and its modern descendants, Berkeley Mathematics Lecture Notes, American Mathematical Society, (1997)

  5. Kline, Morris, Mathematical thought from ancient to modern times, (3 vol), Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford (1972)

  6. Knorr, Richard Wilbur, The ancient tradition of geometric problems, Birkhäuser Boston (1986)

  7. Pappus of Alexandria, Book 7 of the Collection, part 1, Introduction, text and translation, ed. with translation and commentary by Alexander Jones, Springer Verlag, New York, (1986)

  8. The Early theory of equations : on their nature and constitution : translations of three treatises / by Viete, Girard & de Beaune. Annapolis, Md. : Golden Hind Press, (1986).

  9. van der Waerden, B. L. Science Awakening, P. Noordhoff Ltd. Groningen, (1954)

  10. Viete, Francois, Canon mathematicus seu Ad triangula cum adpendicibus. Lutetiae: Apud Ioannem Mettayer, in mathematicis typographum regium, sub signo D. Ioannis, è regione Collegij Laodicensis, (1579).

    Viete's first published work. Not contained in Opera.

  11. Viete, Francois, Francisci Vietae Opera mathematica, in unum volumen congesta, ac recognita, opera atque studio Francisci à Schooten, Leydensis, Matheseos Professoris. Lvgdvni Batavorvm, ex officina Bonaventurae & Abrahami Elzeviriorum, (1646).

    Viete's collected works, edited by Schooten.

  12. Viete, Francois, Opera mathematica. Recognita Francisci a Schooten. Vorwort und Register von Joseph E. Hofmann. Hildesheim, New York, G. Olms, (1970).

    A reprint edition of the Opera, with a Vorwort (in German) giving details of Viète's life and the turbulent times in which he lived.

  13. Viete, Francois, The analytic art : nine studies in algebra, geometry, and trigonometry from the Opus restitutae mathematicae analyseos, seu, Algebra nova / by Francois Viete ; translated by T. Richard Witmer. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, (1983).

    Has a short but readable report about Viète's life and work.

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