Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ

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Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ was a mathematician from Ḥarrān, who probably lived in the first half of the 10th century.

Ibn an-Nadīm lists the following titles from his hand:

1. Kitāb at-Taḫt fi l-ḥisāb al-hindī ("Book of the Table on the Indian Calculation")
2. Kitāb al-Ğamʿ wa-t-tafrīq ("Book of Addition and Subtraction")
3. Kitāb Šarḥ al-Ğamʿ wa-t-tafrīq ("Commentary on the Book of Addition and Subtraction")
4. Kitāb Ḥisāb al-mukaʿʿabāt ("Book on the Cubic Calculation")
5. Kitāb Šarḥ al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala li-l-Ḫwārizmī ("Commentary on the Book of Balancing and Restoration by al-Ḫwārizmī")

[edit] References

• Fuat Sezgin. Geschite des Arabischen Schrifttums - Band V: Mathematik. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1974.