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We investigate the least studied class of differential rings—the class of differential rings of nonzero characteristic. We present the notion of differentially closed quasifield and develop geometrical theory of differential equations in nonzero characteristic. The notions of quasivariety and its morphisms are scrutinized. Presented machinery is a basis for reduction modulo p for differential equations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article traces the contributions of Pierre Hérigone in making mathematics algebraic rather than geometric. It discusses the algebraic concepts and notation of Hérigone which can be found in his volume on algebra. It introduces his universal symbolic language applicable to all branches of mathematics. It presents his algebraic procedures and subsections on identities, equations, geometric constructions and ambiguous equations. His influence on later mathematicians including Isaac Barrow and Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz is also discussed.