Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ
Appearance
Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ was an Arab mathematician from Ḥarrān, who probably lived in the first half of the 10th century.[1]
Ibn an-Nadīm lists the following works of his:
- Kitāb at-Taḫt fi l-ḥisāb al-hindī ("Book of the Table on the Indian Calculation")
- Kitāb al-Ğamʿ wa-t-tafrīq ("Book of Addition and Subtraction")
- Kitāb Šarḥ al-Ğamʿ wa-t-tafrīq ("Commentary on the Book of Addition and Subtraction")
- Kitāb Ḥisāb al-mukaʿʿabāt ("Book on the Cubic Calculation")
- Kitāb Šarḥ al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala li-l-Ḫwārizmī ("Commentary on the Book of Balancing and Restoration by al-Ḫwārizmī")
References
[edit]- ^ Fuat Sezgin. Geschite des Arabischen Schrifttums - Band V: Mathematik. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1974.