Translating Playfair’s Geometry into Arabic: Mathematics and Missions

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6_23zbMath1326.01032OpenAlexW116510902MaRDI QIDQ5745730

Gregg De Young

Publication date: 31 January 2014

Published in: From Alexandria, Through Baghdad (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6_23

zbMATH Keywords

missionsPlayfair\textit{Elements} of EuclidArabic translations of geometry booksVan Dyck

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to geometry (51-01) History of geometry (51-03)

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