The Epistle of the Number by Ibn al-Aḥdab : : The transmission of Arabic mathematics to Hebrew circles in medieval Sicily /

The Epistle of the Number by Ibn al-Aḥdab : : The transmission of Arabic mathematics to Hebrew circles in medieval Sicily / / Ilana Wartenberg.

The first edition of The Epistle of the Number, composed in Syracuse, Sicily, at the end of the 14th century. It is the first known Hebrew treatise to include extensive algebraic theories and procedures, exposing novel mathematical vocabulary, and enhancing our understanding of the linguistic mechan...

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The Epistle of the Number by Ibn al-Aḥdab : The transmission of Arabic mathematics to Hebrew circles in medieval Sicily / Ilana Wartenberg.
Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2015]
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- HEBREW ABBREVIATIONS -- HEBREW AND ARABIC TRANSLITERATION -- CHAPTER 1: IBN AL-AHDAB -- CHAPTER 2: THE HEBREW AND ARABIC EPISTLES -- CHAPTER 3: A MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER -- CHAPTER 4: THE UNICUM -- CHAPTER 5: AN EDITION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER -- CHAPTER 6: AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER -- CHAPTER 7: A LEXICON OF THE MATHEMATICAL TERMS IN BOOK II -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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The first edition of The Epistle of the Number, composed in Syracuse, Sicily, at the end of the 14th century. It is the first known Hebrew treatise to include extensive algebraic theories and procedures, exposing novel mathematical vocabulary, and enhancing our understanding of the linguistic mechanisms which helped create scientific vocabulary in medieval Hebrew.
Issued also in print.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)
HISTORY / Medieval. bisacsh
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The Epistle of the Number by Ibn al-Aḥdab : The transmission of Arabic mathematics to Hebrew circles in medieval Sicily /
Perspectives on Society and Culture
Frontmatter --
TABLE OF CONTENTS --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
FOREWORD --
HEBREW ABBREVIATIONS --
HEBREW AND ARABIC TRANSLITERATION --
CHAPTER 1: IBN AL-AHDAB --
CHAPTER 2: THE HEBREW AND ARABIC EPISTLES --
CHAPTER 3: A MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER --
CHAPTER 4: THE UNICUM --
CHAPTER 5: AN EDITION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER --
CHAPTER 6: AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER --
CHAPTER 7: A LEXICON OF THE MATHEMATICAL TERMS IN BOOK II --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
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title_sub The transmission of Arabic mathematics to Hebrew circles in medieval Sicily /
title_full The Epistle of the Number by Ibn al-Aḥdab : The transmission of Arabic mathematics to Hebrew circles in medieval Sicily / Ilana Wartenberg.
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title_auth The Epistle of the Number by Ibn al-Aḥdab : The transmission of Arabic mathematics to Hebrew circles in medieval Sicily /
title_alt Frontmatter --
TABLE OF CONTENTS --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
FOREWORD --
HEBREW ABBREVIATIONS --
HEBREW AND ARABIC TRANSLITERATION --
CHAPTER 1: IBN AL-AHDAB --
CHAPTER 2: THE HEBREW AND ARABIC EPISTLES --
CHAPTER 3: A MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER --
CHAPTER 4: THE UNICUM --
CHAPTER 5: AN EDITION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER --
CHAPTER 6: AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER --
CHAPTER 7: A LEXICON OF THE MATHEMATICAL TERMS IN BOOK II --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
title_new The Epistle of the Number by Ibn al-Aḥdab :
title_sort the epistle of the number by ibn al-aḥdab : the transmission of arabic mathematics to hebrew circles in medieval sicily /
series Perspectives on Society and Culture
series2 Perspectives on Society and Culture
publisher Gorgias Press,
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physical 1 online resource (488 p.)
Issued also in print.
contents Frontmatter --
TABLE OF CONTENTS --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
FOREWORD --
HEBREW ABBREVIATIONS --
HEBREW AND ARABIC TRANSLITERATION --
CHAPTER 1: IBN AL-AHDAB --
CHAPTER 2: THE HEBREW AND ARABIC EPISTLES --
CHAPTER 3: A MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER --
CHAPTER 4: THE UNICUM --
CHAPTER 5: AN EDITION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER --
CHAPTER 6: AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER --
CHAPTER 7: A LEXICON OF THE MATHEMATICAL TERMS IN BOOK II --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
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