Overview
- Introduces the mathematics and history of magic squares
- Contains a translation of important Arabic texts
- Features the most important testimonies on the early history of magic squares
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (SHMP)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Tenth-century construction methods
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Magic Squares in the Tenth Century
Book Subtitle: Two Arabic Treatises by Anṭākī and Būzjānī
Authors: Jacques Sesiano
Series Title: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52114-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-52113-8Published: 04 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84824-2Published: 18 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-52114-5Published: 27 March 2017
Series ISSN: 2196-8810
Series E-ISSN: 2196-8829
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 396
Number of Illustrations: 267 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences