Mathematics thumb|Oeuvres mathematiques, 1634 Stevin wrote his Arithmetic in 1594. The work brought to the western world for the first time a general solution of the quadratic equation, originally documented nearly a millennium previously by Brahmagupta in India.
mathematics thumb|oeuvres mathematiques 1634 stevin wrote his arithmetic in 1594 the work brought to the western world for the first time a general solution of the quadratic equation originally documented nearly a millennium previously by brahmagupta in india