Al-Kindī's Commentary on Archimedes' ‘The Measurement of the Circle’

DOI10.1017/S0957423900001703MaRDI QIDQ4764634zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Roshdi Rashed

Publication date 26 November 1995

Published in Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0957423900001703

zbMATH Keywords

Archimedes' \textit{Measurement of the circle}Yūḥannā ibn Māsawayh

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30)

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