Algebra - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Algebra - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Brentjes, Sonja

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060424
Doc. NO	:	ALei821
Main Entry	:	Brentjes, Sonja
Title & Author	:	Algebra - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Brentjes, Sonja
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(2,458 words)
Abstract	:	Algebra originally referred to two methods of transforming equations; later it became the name given to the theory of equations as a whole. 1. Name and first appearance of the discipline in ʿAbbāsid Baghdad Algebra is a term derived from the two technical terms in Arabic that describe the discipline— al-jabr wa-l-muqābala , “reconstitution and equation.” The oldest known extant algebraic text in Arabic is the work by Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Mūsā al-Khwārazmī (fl. c.205–226/820–840), Kitāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala . Written
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei821.pdf