Zero and nothing in medieval Arabic arithmetic

DOI10.1080/26375451.2022.2115745MaRDI QIDQ5879360OpenAlexFDO

Authors Jeffrey A. Oaks

Publication date 28 February 2023

Published in British Journal for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/26375451.2022.2115745

zbMATH Keywords

zeromedieval Arabic algebramedieval Arabic arithmeticṣifr

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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