Author
Nasawī, Abu ʼl-Ḥasan, author Nasawī, Ali bin Ahmad, author
Author Original
نسوى، على بن احمد
Publication Date
2019
Publication Place
Leiden; Boston -
BRILL
Subject
Arithmetic > Early works to 1900. Hindu mathematics. Mathematics > Islamic Empire > Early works to 1800.
Type
Book
Language
eng,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource.
Library
Yale University
Library Asset ID
9786002030368 9789004406094
Record ID
99161848493408651
Date
2019
Notes
"Mīrās̲-i Maktūb (Series), 241"--P. facing title page. Persian. Description based on print version record.
Sample Text
Abu ʼl-Ḥasan Nasawī was a mathematician and geometer of the 5th/11th century. He was a contemporary of Bīrūnī (d. 440/1048) and a student of Avicenna (d. 428/1037). Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (d. 672/1274) mentions him in his works and so do others. Nasawī became known in the west through the publications of Franz Woepcke in the nineteenth century. Born in Rayy, Nasawī worked for the Buyid ruler Majd al-Dawla (d. 420/1029) and later for Sharaf al-Dawla, vizier to the Buyid ruler of Baghdad, Jalāl al-Dawla (d. 435/1044). In Nasawī's time, there were three types of arithmetic: finger-counting as used in business, a sexagesimal sytem with numbers denoted by letters of the Arabic alphabet, and an Indian system of numerals and fractions with decimal notation. The present work is about the Indian system and treats of four classes of numbers in four separate sections. This is Nasawī's own Arabic reworking of the Persian original, now lost.
Kataloğa Eklendi
March 23, 2022
Diğer Sorumlular
ʿAqdā, Riḍā Afkhamī, editor افخمى عقدا، رضا، 1964 or 1965-, editor Yazdī, Muḥammad Mahdī Kāva, editor کاوه ىزدى، محمد مهدى، 1962 or 1963-, editor
Yerel Notlar
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Diğer Formatlar
Print version: Al-Muqniʿ fi ʼl-ḥisāb al-Hindī. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2019
Dizi
Miras Maktoob, ISBN: 9789004365452 Miras Maktoob, ISBN: 9789004365452
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