
Must All Good Things Come to an End?
... Abū Kāmil is sometimes known as al-Hasib alMisri, meaning “the calculator from Egypt.” His Book on algebra is in three parts: (i) On the solution of quadratic equations, (ii) On applications of algebra to the regular pentagon and decagon, and (iii) On Diophantine equations and problems of recreati ...
... Abū Kāmil is sometimes known as al-Hasib alMisri, meaning “the calculator from Egypt.” His Book on algebra is in three parts: (i) On the solution of quadratic equations, (ii) On applications of algebra to the regular pentagon and decagon, and (iii) On Diophantine equations and problems of recreati ...