Mohammed ben Musa (c.780–c.850) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer. The word 'algebra' derives from his Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing, which introduced modern algebraic methods. First published in 1831, this translation from Arabic into English was pre...

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1. Verfasser:	Khuwārizmī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá active 813-846 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Rosen, Friedrich August 1805-1837 (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge library collection. Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
Schlagworte:	Mathematics, Arab Algebra / Early works to 1800
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 FHN01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Mohammed ben Musa (c.780–c.850) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer. The word 'algebra' derives from his Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing, which introduced modern algebraic methods. First published in 1831, this translation from Arabic into English was prepared by the German orientalist Friedrich August Rosen (1805–37). The key algebraic methods introduced are reduction, completion and balancing. To reduce an equation is to change an expression to a simpler form; completion is to remove a negative quantity from one side of the equation and add it to the other; and balancing is to cancel like terms on opposite sides of the equation. An account is also given of solving polynomial equations up to the second degree. Rosen's introduction and notes accompany the translation, which remains relevant in the history of mathematics
Beschreibung:	Originally published in London by Oriental Translation Fund in 1831. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xvi, 208 pages)
ISBN:	9781139505871
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139505871