Al-Samaw'al's curious approach to trigonometry

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Authors Glen Van Brummelen, Taro Mimura, Yousuf Kerai

Publication date 21 January 2014

Published in Suhayl (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

astronomyPtolemytrigonometryAlmagestconstructible angletable of sines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

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