Abū al-Wafā' Latinus? A study of method

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2011.09.001zbMath1253.51003OpenAlexW2001104265WikidataQ56475392 ScholiaQ56475392MaRDI QIDQ656710

Dominique Raynaud

Publication date: 13 January 2012

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00645624/file/Abu_al-Wafa_latinus.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

compassgeometric constructionspractical geometryIslamic artAbū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānīapproximate constructionscalipersCardandecorative artEuropean borrowingsHenryhistorical transmissionIslamic legacyKamāl al-Dīn Ibn YūnusL'HuillierMaroloisRenaissance geometryrusty compassSchwenterTartagliaWoepcke

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15) History of geometry (51-03)

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Uses Software

• DRaFT

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