This fifth volume of A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics is complemented by four preceding volumes which focused on the main chapters of classical mathematics: infinitesimal geometry theory of conics and its applications spherical geometry mathematical astronomy etc. This book includes seven main works of Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) and of two of his predecessors Thābit ibn Qurra and al-Sijzī:The circle its transformations and its properties; Analysis and synthesis: the founding of analytical art; A new mathematical discipline: the Knowns; The geometrisation of place;Analysis and synthesis: examples of the geometry of triangles;Axiomatic method and invention: Thābit ibn Qurra;The idea of an Ars Inveniendi: al-Sijzī.Including extensive commentary from one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject this fundamental text is essential reading for historians and mathematicians at the most advanced levels of research. |Ibn al-Haytham's Geometrical Methods and the Philosophy of Mathematics A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 5 | Middle Eastern Studies
