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Preface |
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Introduction: Motion And Transformations In Geometry |
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Chapter I The Properties of the Circle |
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17 | (2) |
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1 The concept of homothety |
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19 | (4) |
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2 Euclid, Pappus and Ibn al-Haytham: on homothety |
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23 | (4) |
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3 Ibn al-Haytham and homothety as a point by point transformation |
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27 | (5) |
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32 | (99) |
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35 | (50) |
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TRANSLATED TEXT: On the Properties of Circles |
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Chapter II The Analytical art in the Tenth to Eleventh Centuries |
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131 | (1) |
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1 The rebirth of a subject |
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131 | (7) |
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2 Analytical art: discipline and method |
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138 | (4) |
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3 The analytical art and the new discipline: `The Knowns' |
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142 | (9) |
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151 | (6) |
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On Analysis and Synthesis |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (4) |
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I ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS: MATHEMATICAL METHOD AND DISCIPLINE MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY |
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157 | (148) |
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1 The double classification of Analysis and Synthesis |
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157 | (17) |
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157 | (5) |
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Analysis and synthesis in arithmetic |
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162 | (4) |
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Analysis and synthesis in geometry |
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166 | (5) |
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Analysis and synthesis in astronomy |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (1) |
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2 Applications of analysis and synthesis in number theory and in geometry |
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174 | (45) |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (3) |
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Two indeterminate systems of equations of the first degree |
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178 | (4) |
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182 | (1) |
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Problem in plane geometry |
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182 | (3) |
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Problem solved with the help of transformations |
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185 | (2) |
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Construction of a circle to touch three given circles |
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187 | (12) |
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199 | (8) |
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Geometrical commentary on the problem |
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207 | (7) |
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Algebraic commentary on the auxiliary problem |
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214 | (5) |
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TRANSLATED TEXT: On Analysis and Synthesis |
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219 | (86) |
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II THE KNOWNS: A NEW GEOMETRICAL DISCIPLINE |
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305 | (130) |
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305 | (3) |
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308 | (53) |
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1 Properties of position and of form and geometrical transformations |
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308 | (21) |
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2 Invariant properties of geometrical loci and geometrical transformations |
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329 | (32) |
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TRANSLATED TEXT: On the Knowns |
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361 | (74) |
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III ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS: EXAMPLES OF THE GEOMETRY OF TRIANGLES |
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1 On a geometrical problem: Ibn Sahl, al-Sijzi and Ibn al-Haytham |
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436 | (17) |
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2 Distances from a point of a triangle to its sides |
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453 | (18) |
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471 | (6) |
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3A On a Geometrical Problem |
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471 | (2) |
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3.2 On the Properties of the Triangle |
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473 | (4) |
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TRANSLATED TEXTS: On a Geometrical Problem |
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477 | (18) |
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On the Properties of the Triangle in Regard to Height |
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485 | (10) |
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Chapter III IBN Al-Haytham and the Geometrisation of Place |
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495 | (22) |
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505 | (2) |
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TRANSLATED TEXT: On Place |
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507 | (10) |
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APPENDIX: THE ARS INVENIENDI: THABIT IBN QURRA AND AL-SIJZI |
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517 | (64) |
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I Thabit IBN Qurra: Axiomatic Method and Invention |
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517 | (4) |
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II Al-Sijzi: The Idea of An Ars Inveniendi |
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521 | (51) |
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521 | (2) |
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2 A propaedeutic to the ars inveniendi |
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523 | (5) |
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3 The methods of the ars inveniendi and their applications |
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528 | (2) |
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3.1 Analysis and point-to-point transformation |
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530 | (3) |
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3.2 Analysis and variation of one element of the figure |
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533 | (1) |
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3.3 Analysis and variation of two methods of solution of a single problem |
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534 | (3) |
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3.4 Analysis and variation of lemmas |
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537 | (1) |
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3.5 Analysis and variation of constructions carried out using the same figure |
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3.6 Variations on a problem from Ptolemy |
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543 | (17) |
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3.7 Variations on the same problem from Ptolemy in other writings by al-Sijzi |
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560 | (6) |
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4 Analysis and synthesis: variation of the auxiliary constructions |
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566 | (2) |
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5 Two principal methods of the ars inveniendi |
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568 | (4) |
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572 | (9) |
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3.1 Book by Thabit ibn Qurra for Ibn Wahb on the Means of Arriving at Determining the Construction of Geometrical Problems |
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3.2 To Smooth the Paths for Determining Geometrical Propositions, by al-Sijzi |
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3.3 Letter of al-Sijzi to Ibn Yumn on the Construction of an Acute-angled Triangle |
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577 | (1) |
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3.4 Two Propositions from the Ancients on the Property of Heights of an Equilateral Triangle: Ps-Archimedes, Aqatun, Menelaus |
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577 | (4) |
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1 Book of Abu al-Hasan Thabit ibn Qurra for Ibn Wahb on the Means of Arriving at Determining the Construction of Geometrical Problems |
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2 Book of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Jalil al-Sijzi to Smooth the Paths for Determining Geometrical Propositions |
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591 | (32) |
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3 Letter of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Jalil <al-Sijzi> to the Physician Abu 'Ali Nazif ibn Yumn on the Construction of the Acute-angled Triangle from Two Unequal Straight Lines |
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4 Two Propositions of the Ancients on the Property of the Heights of an Equilateral Triangle: Pseudo-Archimedes, Aqatun, Menelaus |
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627 | (6) |
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I Fakhr al-Din al-Razi: Ibn al-Haytham's critique of the notion of place as envelope |
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633 | (1) |
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II Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham and Muhammad ibn al-Haytham: the mathematician and the philosopher - On place |
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634 | (5) |
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639 | (10) |
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649 | (3) |
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652 | (7) |
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659 | (5) |
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