Mathematical methods in the tables of planetary motion in Kūshyār ibn Labbān's \textit{Jāmi\(^c\) zīj}
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Mathematical methods in the tables of planetary motion in Kūshyār ibn Labbān's \textit{Jāmi\(^c\) zīj}
zbMATH Open document ID: 0921.01003
author: Glen Van Brummelen
published in: Historia Mathematica
publication date: 1999-09-23T00:00:00Z
review text: This paper analyzes the tables of planetary motion in the \textit{Jāmi\(^c\) Zīj} by Kūshyār ibn Labbān, an Iranian scientist who flourished ca. A.D. 1000. It gives indications for the use of the tables and defines the tabulated functions. As an unusual feature the Iranian Zīj, on the Ptolemaic and al-Battānī's tradition, contains double-argument tables for the planetary equation of the anomaly. Also, Kūshyār attempted to simplify the determination of a planet's longitude at a given time.
reviewed by: Mercè Viladrich
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 70-03
zbMATH DE Number: 1248267
zbMATH Keywords: tables of planetary motion
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: hmat.1997.2184
OpenAlex ID: W2050841396
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DOI: 10.1006/HMAT.1997.2184
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1248267