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Lockhart, Paul. "ELEMENTARY METHODS". The Mending of Broken Bones: A Modern Guide to Classical Algebra, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2025, pp. 113-139. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674300460-007

Lockhart, P. (2025). ELEMENTARY METHODS. In The Mending of Broken Bones: A Modern Guide to Classical Algebra (pp. 113-139). Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674300460-007

Lockhart, P. 2025. ELEMENTARY METHODS. The Mending of Broken Bones: A Modern Guide to Classical Algebra. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, pp. 113-139. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674300460-007

Lockhart, Paul. "ELEMENTARY METHODS" In The Mending of Broken Bones: A Modern Guide to Classical Algebra, 113-139. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674300460-007

Lockhart P. ELEMENTARY METHODS. In: The Mending of Broken Bones: A Modern Guide to Classical Algebra. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press; 2025. p.113-139. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674300460-007

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
The Scribal Art vii
INTRODUCTION 1
NUMBERS 12
IDEALIZATION 36
THE CONTINUUM 64
ABSTRACTION 84
ELEMENTARY METHODS 113
QUADRATIC METHODS 140
FORM AND CONTENT 169
ELIMINATION 188
CUBIC AND QUARTIC 202
COMPLEX NUMBERS 225
FACTORIZATION 254
SYMMETRY 280
SOLVABILITY 309
ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY 343
INDEX 373

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
The Scribal Art vii
INTRODUCTION 1
NUMBERS 12
IDEALIZATION 36
THE CONTINUUM 64
ABSTRACTION 84
ELEMENTARY METHODS 113
QUADRATIC METHODS 140
FORM AND CONTENT 169
ELIMINATION 188
CUBIC AND QUARTIC 202
COMPLEX NUMBERS 225
FACTORIZATION 254
SYMMETRY 280
SOLVABILITY 309
ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY 343
INDEX 373

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