Medieval Arabic algebra as an artificial language

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Authors Jeffrey A. Oaks

Publication date 7 August 2008

Published in Journal of Indian Philosophy (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Arabic algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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