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ABŪ MANṢŪR ṬŪSĪ

ABŪ MANṢŪR ṬŪSĪ

ABŪ MANṢŪR ṬŪSĪ, mathematician. Apparently sometime during the 9th/15th century Abū Manṣūr wrote two works preserved in a manuscript at Florence: 1. Resāla fī ʿelm al-ḥesāb (“Epistle concerning computation”); 2. Resāla fi’l-ǰabr wa’l-moqābala (“Epistle concerning algebra”).

 

Bibliography

Suter, Mathematiker, p. 199, no. 507.

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Pingree, David. "ABŪ MANṢŪR ṬŪSĪ." Encyclopaedia Iranica. Published December 15, 1983. https://doi.org/10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_4628