Al-Isfahani
Abu al-Fath Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim ibn Fadl al-Isfahani , Latinized šššš„š©š”ššš®š¬, šš¬š©š”šš”šš§šš§š¬š¢š¬, was a 10th-century Persian[1] mathematician. He flourished probably around 982 AD in Isfahan.
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He gave a better Arabic edition of the Conics of Apollonius and commented on the first books. The Conics had been translated a century before by Hilal al-Himsi (books 1ā4) and Thabit ibn Qurra (books 5ā7).
See also
References
- Keramati, Yunis. "Abu'l-Fath Isfahani". Encyclopedia Islamica. CGIE. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
Sources
- H. Suter: Die Mathematiker und Astronomen der Araber (98, 1900).
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