ISLAM AND MATHEMATICS

Number theory, Indeterminate Equations, Magic Squares


  • *144. Naini, Alireza Djafari. Geschichte der Zahlentheorie im Orient. Braunschweig: Klose and Co. 1982
    The emphasis is on amicable and perfect numbers.
  • *145. Sesiano, J. Herstellungsverfahren magischer Quadrate aus islamischer Zeit (I, II, II', III) Sudhoffs Archiv 64 (1980), pp. 187-96, 65 (1981), pp. 251-65, 71 (1987), pp. 78-89, 79 (1995), pp. 193-226.
    On a variety of Arabic treatises on methods of construction of magic squares.
  • *146. Sesiano, J. Un traité médiéval sur les carrés magiques. De l'arrangement harmonieux des nombres. Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires Romandes, 1996.
    Arabic text and French translation of an anonymous treatise on the construction of magic squares.

See also *36, *37, *59, *60, *62, *63, *65a, *65b, *73b, *80, *84a, *113a.

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