Ibn al-Haytham's Universal Solution for Finding the Direction of the Qibla by Calculation

DOI10.1017/S0957423900002010zbMath0841.01005OpenAlexW2091873632MaRDI QIDQ4867944

Ahmad S. Dallal

Publication date: 2 June 1996

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0957423900002010

zbMATH Keywords

qiblaMenelaos' spherical theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30)

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