Coping with the Tiny: Measures, Computations, and Reasoning with Small Amounts in Jean des Murs’s Quadrivial Works
Résumé
Jean des Murs's contributions in geometry and arithmetic are numerous, diverse, and complex. They cannot be done justice in the context of a single essay. Moreover, some depth of analysis is required in order to address general questions of Jean des Murs's working habits and relations to his sources. Under these circumstances, I have chosen to focus on a specific question: in how far do Jean des Murs's mathematical works reflect a persistent effort throughout his career to address the various issues related to small amounts? Focusing on this particularly significant issue will give me the opportunity to cover a representative sample of Jean des Murs's quadrivial works from a specific perspective and thus complement the intellectual portrait presented in this volume.
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