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

DOI10.1016/S0315-0860(84)80008-7MaRDI QIDQ795809zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors E. S. Kennedy

Publication date 1984

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Earth's surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Recommendations

• Mathematical methods in Abū al-Wafā's Almagest and the Qibla determinations
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1003107
• Publication:4493349
• The geometry of measurement in medieval Arabic-Latin translations. With a preface by Charles Burnett
• Ibn al-Haytham's Universal Solution for Finding the Direction of the Qibla by Calculation

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3550652 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3432182 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3193709 (Why is no real title available?)
• ARABIC NUMERAL FORMS

Cited in

(2)

• Mathematical methods in Abū al-Wafā's Almagest and the Qibla determinations
• Procedures of Arab navigators for measuring distances in the Indian Ocean

This page was built for publication: Applied mathematics in the tenth century: Abu'l-Wafā' calculates the distance Baghdad-Mecca

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q795809)