TEXT

al-Risālah al-watr wa-al-jayb

Title (arabic)

الرسالة الوتر والجيب

Title (translit)

al-Risālah al-watr wa-al-jayb

Author

Language

Arabic

Subject

Notes

In his Miftāḥ al-ḥisāb, Kāšī lists this treatise on the chord and sine among this compositions. In the work Kāšī calculates the value of sin 1° to ten sexagesimal places.

ismi_id

500123

Literature References

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P. 270 (no. 802), M4.

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3:452 (no. 6406).

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