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From the theory of “congeneric surd equations” to “Segre’s bicomplex numbers”. (English) Zbl 1425.01033

Summary: We will study the historical emergence of Tessarines or Bicomplex numbers, from their origin as “imaginary” solutions of irrational equations, to their insertion in the context of study of the algebras of hypercomplex numbers.

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01A55 History of mathematics in the 19th century
08-03 History of general algebraic systems
51-03 History of geometry
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