El imaginarismo según Rey y Heredia
The philosopher José María Rey y Heredia (1818-1861) wrote in 1865 the book Teoría Transcendental de las Cantidades Imaginarias, which is considered the first significant theory published in Spain about the way to consider complex numbers. Its author developed a metaphysical model of algebra to merg...
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| Summary: | The philosopher José María Rey y Heredia (1818-1861) wrote in 1865 the book Teoría Transcendental de las Cantidades Imaginarias, which is considered the first significant theory published in Spain about the way to consider complex numbers. Its author developed a metaphysical model of algebra to merge and harmonize philosophy and mathematics by means of imaginary quantities understanding, and taking as reference the Kant's table of categories. En este artículo se exponen los fundamentos filosófico-matemáticos y los resultados matemáticos que recoge la obra de Rey y se analizan en su contexto histórico. The contents of Rey's book are described in this article, from the philosophical and mathematical fundamentals to the mathematical results, analyzing them by taking into account their historical context |
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