Abū al-Wafā' Latinus? A study of method

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2011.09.001zbMATH Open1253.51003OpenAlexW2001104265WikidataQ56475392 ScholiaQ56475392MaRDI QIDQ656710FDOQ656710

Authors: Dominique Raynaud 

Publication date: 13 January 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00645624/file/Abu_al-Wafa_latinus.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

compassgeometric constructionspractical geometryIslamic artapproximate constructionscalipersCardandecorative artEuropean borrowingsHenryhistorical transmissionIslamic legacyL'HuillierMaroloisRenaissance geometryrusty compassSchwenterTartagliaWoepckeAbū al-Wafā' al-BūzjānīKamāl al-Dīn Ibn Yūnus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of geometry (51-03) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15)

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