Algebra of Mohammed Ben Musa - Societ

Klappentext An 1831 English translation of the ninth-century work that gave us the word 'algebra' and introduced modern algebraic methods. Zusammenfassung Persian mathematician Mohammed ben Musa (c.780–c.850) is considered to be one of the fathers of algebra. His Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing gave us the word 'algebra' and introduced modern algebraic methods. This is the 1831 translation into English by the orientalist Friedrich August Rosen (1805–37). Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Author's preface; Mohammed ben Musa's compendium of calculating by completion and reduction; Notes; Arabic text.

Product details

• Authors: Mohammed Ben Musa
• Assisted by: Friedrich August Rosen (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9781108055079
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05507-9
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society; Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries