Kitāb al-ḥisāb al-hindī (Khwārizmī)
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كتاب الحساب الهندي
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Title (translit) |
Kitāb al-ḥisāb al-hindī (Khwārizmī)
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Alias |
Kitāb al-ḥisāb al-hindī
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Arabic
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Khwārizmī's Book on Hindu Calculation introduced the decimal positional system that the Hindus had developed by the the 6th century, and was the first the first Arabic arithmetic book to be translated into Latin. The word "algorithm" was derived from al-Khwārizmī. (From MAMS2): The work explains the following arithmetic operations: addition, subtraction, duplication (multiplication by 2), mediation (division by 2), general multiplication, general division, extraction of a square root both with integers and fractions. |
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113887
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Literature References
P. 7.
P. 22 (no. 41), M1.
Attributed to Sanad b. ʿAlī in p. 275.
Pp. 52-77.
Medieval Latin translation by Joannes Hispalensis (active 12th century).
Facsimile edition of the Latin manuscript.
Facsimile edition of the Latin manuscript.
English translation of the Latin manuscript.
Russian translation of the Latin manuscript by Kopelevich, pp. 9-24; research by Rozenfeld, pp. 94-103.
Uzbek translation, pp. 57-74; research, pp. 139-48.
Facsimile edition of the Latin manuscript, transcription and commentary.