Irrational magnitudes

• *140. Matvievskaya, G.P. The Theory of Quadratic Irrationals in Medieval Oriental Mathematics.
  Published in *181, pp. 253-277. Survey article, on medieval developments of Euclid's theory of irrational magnitudes in Book X of the Elements.

See also *39, *99, *136, and see the section on Algebra.

Algebra

• *141 Anbouba, A. L'Algèbre Arabe aux IXe et Xe siècles. Aperçu général. Journal for the History of Arabic Science 2 (1978), pp. 66-100.
• *142. Rashed, R. Résolution des equations numériques et algèbre: Sharaf al-Din al- Tusi, Viète. Archive for History of Exact Sciences 12 (1974), pp. 244-290.
  Argues that Viète's methods for the numerical solution of equations were influenced by Islamic predecessors. Reprinted in *190 and *191.
• *143 Ruska, J. Zur ältesten arabischen Algebra und Rechenkunst. Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1917.
  Terminological study of Islamic algebra. With index. Reprinted in *201 vol. 5.

See also *40, *45, *52, *56, *57, *81, *104, *105, *106, *107, *107a