\textit{māl}, enunciations, and the prehistory of Arabic algebra (Q2576312)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2241361
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2241361 |
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\textit{māl}, enunciations, and the prehistory of Arabic algebra (English)
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27 December 2005
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The paper contains a study of the term \textit{māl} in the algebra texts of al-Khwārīzmī, Abu Kāmīl, and Ibn Badr. The problem is that the term appears in two meanings: one as general ``quantity'' (corresponding to its general meaning ``riches, money''), the other as ``square''. A great number of examples are given, in Arabic and translation, of the characteristic use which allows one to distinguish between the different uses of the term. \{Although no hamza is written, one has to wonder whether the old authors did not make a difference between \textit{māl} ``riches'' for ``quantity'' and \textit{ma'al} ``fat and corpulent'' for ``square''\}?
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Arabic/Islamic algebra
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Al-Khwārizmī
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Abū Kāmil
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Ibn Badr
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middle ages
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0.744968831539154
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0.738420844078064
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0.7342995405197144
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0.7316043972969055
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0.7291763424873352
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