Kitāb al-Waṣāyā (The Book of Legacies) and the Works of Mathematician Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ b. Aslam
Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ b. Aslam al-Miṣrī (fl. 3rd/9th c.) was an important medieval algebraist and successor of Muḥammad b. Mūsā l-Khwārizmī (d. ca. 235/850). His major work on algebra, Kitāb fī l-Jabr wa-l-muqābala, commented on and expanded the work of al-Khwārizmī. Knowledge of Abū Kāmil’s contribution...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 129-166 |
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Abū Kāmil
Algebra
Fihrist
inheritance law
intellectual history
legacies
al-Khwārizmī
Kitāb al-Waṣāyā
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