\textit{māl}, enunciations, and the prehistory of Arabic algebra

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2005.03.002zbMath1087.01009OpenAlexW2040880079MaRDI QIDQ2576312

Jeffrey A. Oaks, Haitham M. Alkhateeb

Publication date: 27 December 2005

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2005.03.002

zbMATH Keywords

Abū KāmilArabic/Islamic algebraIbn BadrAl-Khwārizmīmiddle ages

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30)

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