Elements of Algebra is an elementary mathematics textbook writte by mathematician Leonhard Euler and originally published in 1765 in German. Elements of Algebra is one of the earliest books to set out algebra in the modern form we would recognize today (another early book being Elements of Algebra by Nicholas Saunderson, published in 1740), and is one of Euler's few writings, along with Letters to a German Princess, that are accessible to the general public. Written in numbered paragraphs as was common practice till the 19th century, Elements begins with the definition of mathematics and builds on the fundamental operations of arithmetic and number systems, and gradually moves towards more abstract topics.
The original German title of the book is Vollständige Anleitung zur Algebra, which literally translates to Complete Instruction to Algebra.
In 1771, Joseph-Louis Lagrange published a follow-up volume entitled Additions to Euler's Elements of algebra, which featured a number of important mathematical results.
External links
- Elements of Algebra, 1822, Full text
- About the Elements of Algebra
- Elements of Algebra, Part I, HTML
- The origin of the problems in Euler's Algebra
- Among other writings of Euler
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