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Project / Collection India Office Library Subject Algebra -- Early works to 1800 Level [40] File

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461, ff 35v-180r
Title:: al-Muʿādalāt المعادلات
Scope & Content:: Anonymous epitome (تلخيص) of a lost treatise by Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213) on cubic equations fundamental to algebraic geometry (see the epitomiser's preface, f. 35, lines 2-7, transcribed below and edited by Rashed in Sharaf al-Dīn...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1198
Extent:: Ff. 35v-180r

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 1270, ff 48r-56r
Title:: Maqālah fī al-jabr مقالة في الجبر Omar Khayyam عمر الخيامي
Scope & Content:: Treatise on algebra by Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ‘Umar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyāmī al-Nīshābūrī (غياث الدين أبو الفتح عمر بن إبراهيم الخيامي النيشابوري; 1048-c 1123) usually called the Risāla fī al-barāhīn ʿalā masāʾil al-jabr wa-al-muqābala (رسالة في البراهين على مسائل الجبر والمقابلة). The text ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: Ff. 48r-56r

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