Did Hypatia Know about Negative Numbers?

(2) English Literature Department; Anna Cetera (2) ((1) Physics Department; Goteborg University; Marek Abramowicz (1); Poland); Sweden; Warsaw University

arxiv: 1208.3274 · v1 · pith:MU2JZ3GMnew · submitted 2012-08-16 · 🧮 math.HO · physics.hist-ph

Did Hypatia Know about Negative Numbers?

Marek Abramowicz (1) , Anna Cetera (2) ((1) Physics Department , Goteborg University , Sweden , (2) English Literature Department , Warsaw University , Poland) This is my paper

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In this Letter we comment on one particular aspect of Hypatia's enigmatic biography by translating into English a short poem that appeared in a recent review of the third revised Polish edition of Maria Dzielska's book about Hypatia. It poses a simple and specifc question: did Hypatia know about the negative numbers?

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