Richard Balam

Richard Balam (fl. 1653), was an English mathematician.

Balam was the author of Algebra, or the Doctrine of composing, inferring, and resolving an Equation (1653).^[1] It is a possible source of developments in John Wallis, Mathesis Universalis (1657), relating to geometric progressions treated as an axiomatic theory.^[2]

References

^ Richard Balam. eNotes.com. Retrieved March 1st, 2012.
^ Albrecht Heeffer (10 October 2005). "The Rhetoric of Problems in Algebra Texbooks from Pacioli to Euler" (PDF). pp. 27–28. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

"Balam, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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[1] Richard Balam. eNotes.com. Retrieved March 1st, 2012.

[2] Albrecht Heeffer (10 October 2005). "The Rhetoric of Problems in Algebra Texbooks from Pacioli to Euler" (PDF). pp. 27–28. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

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