The Epistle of the Number by Ibn al-Aḥdab : The transmission of Arabic mathematics to Hebrew circles in medieval Sicily /

The first edition of The Epistle of the Number, composed in Syracuse, Sicily, at the end of the 14th century. It is the first known Hebrew treatise to include extensive algebraic theories and procedures, exposing novel mathematical vocabulary, and enhancing our understanding of the linguistic mechan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wartenberg, Ilana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2015]
Colección:Perspectives on Society and Culture
Temas:
Al-Aḥdab, Iṣḥak ben Shlomo, > 1396-1429?
HISTORY > Medieval.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • HEBREW ABBREVIATIONS
  • HEBREW AND ARABIC TRANSLITERATION
  • CHAPTER 1: IBN AL-AHDAB
  • CHAPTER 2: THE HEBREW AND ARABIC EPISTLES
  • CHAPTER 3: A MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER
  • CHAPTER 4: THE UNICUM
  • CHAPTER 5: AN EDITION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER
  • CHAPTER 6: AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER
  • CHAPTER 7: A LEXICON OF THE MATHEMATICAL TERMS IN BOOK II
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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