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ŞÜKRÜ SAYAN'S ARTICLE TITLED "ON A NOVEL THEORY CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF IMAGINARY QUANTITIES"  
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Semiha Betül Takicak
Kastamonu University, Turkey
Özet
Mathematician Şükrü Sayan (d. 1943) appended an article entitled "On a novel theory concerning the designation of imaginary quantities" to the end of his analytic geometry textbook Hendese-i Tahlîliyye (Vol.1, Istanbul, 1915), which is held to be the most proficient publication on the subject of the period, in Turkish. Although Sayan proposed to expose "a novel theory" the article, in fact, does not introduce a novel mathematical concept or facilitate algebraic calculations. Sayan's article is primarily an explication of a notational modification, and represents yet another outcome of the Ottoman mathematicians' ambition to come up with new work, rather than original and fundamental contributions to the field. Şükrü Sayan's article is reviewed and assessed within the contexts of contemporary mathematics and analytic geometry.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Analytic geometry | Argand system | Early Republican Turkey | history of mathematics | Ottoman Empire | Şükrü Sayan
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Dergi Adı Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari
Dergi ISSN 1303-3123
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2019
Cilt No 20
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 102 / 123
Doi Numarası 10.30522/iuoba.487638