Applied mathematics in the tenth century: Abu'l-Wafā' calculates the distance Baghdad-Mecca

DOI10.1016/S0315-0860(84)80008-7zbMATH Open0543.01003MaRDI QIDQ795809FDOQ795809

Authors: E. S. Kennedy 

Publication date: 1984

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

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zbMATH Keywords

Earth's surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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