On the sector-figure and related texts / Thabit ibn Qurra ; edited with translation and commentary by Richard Lorch.
Pubblicazione:
Augsburg : E. Rauner, 2008.
Descrizione fisica:
VIII, 461 p. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Algorismus, 1863-4982 ; 67
Contiene:
Indice: Pt. 1. Introduction: 1. Thabit ibn Qurra 2. The sector figure 3. Thabit's texts on the sector figure and on the Composition of ratios 4. Thabit's concept of ratio 5. The Arabic manuscripts 6. The Latin translations of Thabit on the Sector figure 7. Mathematical notation 8. Editorial principles and conventions. Pt. 2. Texts: 1. Thabit's treatise On the sector figure, Arabic with English translation 2. On the sector figure, Grecising Latin translation 3. On the sector figure, Latin translation, Inter universas 4. On the sector figure, mathematical summary 5. Thabit's treatise, On the composition of ratios, Arabic with English translation 6. On the composition of ratios, mathematical summary. Pt. 3. Towards a history of the sector figure: 1. Earlier redactions of Menelaus' Sphaerica 2. Commentaries on the Almagest 3. Other Arabic texts on the sector figure 4. Applications of the sector figure and of alternative theorems 5. The sector figure and related material in Latin 6. Campanus. Bibliography. Index of names. Index of manuscripts
