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Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ was an Arab
mathematician from
Ḥarrān, who probably lived in the first half of the 10th century.
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Ibn an-Nadīm lists the following works of his:
- Kitāb at-Taḫt fi l-ḥisāb al-hindī ("Book of the Table on the Indian Calculation")
- Kitāb al-Ğamʿ wa-t-tafrīq ("Book of Addition and Subtraction")
- Kitāb Šarḥ al-Ğamʿ wa-t-tafrīq ("Commentary on the Book of Addition and Subtraction")
- Kitāb Ḥisāb al-mukaʿʿabāt ("Book on the Cubic Calculation")
- Kitāb Šarḥ al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala li-l-Ḫwārizmī ("Commentary on the Book of Balancing and Restoration by
al-Ḫwārizmī")
References
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^ Fuat Sezgin. Geschite des Arabischen Schrifttums - Band V: Mathematik. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1974.
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