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Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Jalīl al-Sijzī was a geometer, astronomer and astrologer who worked in the second half of the tenth century AD in Iran and surrounding areas. Although he did not belong to the most creative mathematicians in the Islamic tradition, he was competent, and a large part of...

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In:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/bcai,
Main Author: Hogendijk, Jan P.
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques 2025
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Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Jalīl al-Sijzī was a geometer, astronomer and astrologer who worked in the second half of the tenth century AD in Iran and surrounding areas. Although he did not belong to the most creative mathematicians in the Islamic tradition, he was competent, and a large part of his geometrical oeuvre has survived. The books under review contain editions of the original Arabic texts and French translations of roughly two-thirds of his extant work in geometry. Mo...