Al-Qūhī and al-Sijzī on the perfect compass and the continuous drawing of conic sections

DOI10.1017/S0957423903003023zbMath1063.01006OpenAlexW2061641165MaRDI QIDQ4470018

Roshdi Rashed

Publication date: 22 June 2004

Published in: Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0957423903003023

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15)

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