Magic Squares in the Tenth Century Two Arabic Treatises by Anṭākī and Būzjānī /

• Main Author: Sesiano, Jacques (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

This volume contains the texts and translations of two Arabic treatises on magic squares, which are undoubtedly the most important testimonies on the early history of that science. It is divided into the three parts: the first and most extensive is on tenth-century construction methods, the second i...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Tenth-century construction methods
• Introduction
• I. Ordinary Magic Squares
• II. Bordered Magic Squares
• III. Separation by Parity
• IV. Composite Magic Squares
• Part II. Translation
• Editorial Procedure
• Text A
• Text B
• Opuscule on the Magic Square by al-Kharaqī
• Part III. Arabic Texts
• Editorial Procedure
• Text A
• Text B
• Opuscule on the Magic Square by al-Kharaqī
• Bibliography
• Index.