The Arabic tradition of Euclid's \textit{Elements} preserved in the Latin translation by Adelard of Bath and the Hebrew translation by Rabbi Jacob

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2018.01.001MaRDI QIDQ1635795zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ofer Elior

Publication date 1 June 2018

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2018.01.001

zbMATH Keywords

Euclid's \textit{Elements}

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35)

Review text

This paper looks at two different traditions of Euclid's \textit{Elements}: one from Arabic manuscripts and one from Latin versions. The attempt of this paper is to recognize structural and formulation differences in Book I. The author discusses how there are multiple Arabic translations of various traditions, namely Ishāq/Thābit and Hajjāj, and how they are detailed in relation to each other, and to those in Latin and Hebrew which are based on the Hajjāj-tradition. The author details his methodology and reasoning behind undertaking this task, and concludes that the structural differences initially observed were, in fact, not arbitrary. Rather, they could be classified and categorized into certain types, which the author details. For example, certain translations were abbreviated or had a brevity that others did not. In addition, various proofs are examined and their differences highlighted.

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