No label defined (Q4335039)
From MaRDI portal
!
This is the item page for this Wikibase entity, intended for internal use and editing purposes. Please use the normal view instead:
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1003091
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| default for all languages | No label defined |
||
| English | No label defined |
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1003091 |
Statements
23 April 1997
0 references
al-Battānī
0 references
cosmology
0 references
Ibrāhim b. Sinān
0 references
0.7233145833015442
0 references
The author studies the evolution of the theory of Islamic trepidation from the rather simple model described by Theon of Alexandria in his Small Commentary to the Handy Tables (4th c.) to the highly sophisticated method contributed by Ibrāhim b. Sinān (908-946 A. D.). The mathematician considers in his work variations in the rate of precession, the obliquity of the ecliptic and the longitude of the solar apogee. The astronomer al-Battānī (ca. 858-929 A. D.) is purported to have played a central role in such improvements providing, through his physical and cosmographical assumptions, the framework for the later developments. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0855.00012].
0 references
