TEXT

[Mathematical Treatise] (ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib)

Title (translit)

[Mathematical Treatise] (ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib)

Alias

[Mathematical Treatise] (ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib)

Author

Language

Arabic

Subject

Text type

First-order prose composition (or compilation) [matn]

Notes

Not extant; mentioned by Jamal al-Dīn al-Khuzāʿī; supposedly has solutions of algebraic equations influenced by "mathematicians of Fars."

ismi_id

98509

Literature References

Rozenfeld, Boris, and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. 2003. Mathematicians, Astronomers and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilisation and Their Works (7th-19th c.). Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture.

P. 13 (no. 1), M1.

King, David. 1988. “A Medieval Account of Algebra before Al-Khwârizmî”. Al-Masâq: Studia Arabo-Islamica Mediterranea 1: 25-32.