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The Epistle of the Number (Sicily, Fourteenth Century): An Episode of Algebra in Hebrew

The Epistle of the Number (Sicily, Fourteenth Century): An Episode of Algebra in Hebrew © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 ZUTOT 5.1 Also available online – www.brill.nl 1 Within the existing con fi nes of medieval Hebrew mathematics, little is known about algebra in Hebrew before The Epistle of the Number . Only three texts have been discovered and studied so far which include some weak algebraic traces. See T. Lévy, ‘L’algèbre arabe dans les textes hébraïques (I), Un Ouvrage Inédit D’Isaac ben Salomon al-Ahdab (XIV siècle)’, Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 1 (2003) 274–277. 2 I. Wartenberg, ‘ The Epistle of the Number’ by Isaac ben Salomon Ibn al-Ahdab (Sicily, 14th century): An Episode in Algebra in Hebrew , Ph.D. dissertation (Paris/Tel-Aviv 2007). THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER (SICILY, FOURTEENTH CENTURY): AN EPISODE OF ALGEBRA IN HEBREW Ilana Wartenberg Paideia, Stockholm Introduction The Hebrew mathematical manuscript The Epistle of the Number was composed in Syracuse, Sicily, at the end of the fourteenth century by the Jewish scholar Isaac ben Salomon Ibn al-Ahdab (ca. 1350–between 1429 and 1433). It is the fi rst known treatise to contain an exten- sive presentation of algebraic notions and procedures within the medieval Hebrew mathematical corpus. 1 The Epistle contains a trans- lation from the Arabic of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Zutot Brill

The Epistle of the Number (Sicily, Fourteenth Century): An Episode of Algebra in Hebrew

Zutot , Volume 5 (1): 95 – Jan 1, 2008

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Brill
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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1571-7283
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1875-0214
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10.1163/187502108785807003
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 ZUTOT 5.1 Also available online – www.brill.nl 1 Within the existing con fi nes of medieval Hebrew mathematics, little is known about algebra in Hebrew before The Epistle of the Number . Only three texts have been discovered and studied so far which include some weak algebraic traces. See T. Lévy, ‘L’algèbre arabe dans les textes hébraïques (I), Un Ouvrage Inédit D’Isaac ben Salomon al-Ahdab (XIV siècle)’, Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 1 (2003) 274–277. 2 I. Wartenberg, ‘ The Epistle of the Number’ by Isaac ben Salomon Ibn al-Ahdab (Sicily, 14th century): An Episode in Algebra in Hebrew , Ph.D. dissertation (Paris/Tel-Aviv 2007). THE EPISTLE OF THE NUMBER (SICILY, FOURTEENTH CENTURY): AN EPISODE OF ALGEBRA IN HEBREW Ilana Wartenberg Paideia, Stockholm Introduction The Hebrew mathematical manuscript The Epistle of the Number was composed in Syracuse, Sicily, at the end of the fourteenth century by the Jewish scholar Isaac ben Salomon Ibn al-Ahdab (ca. 1350–between 1429 and 1433). It is the fi rst known treatise to contain an exten- sive presentation of algebraic notions and procedures within the medieval Hebrew mathematical corpus. 1 The Epistle contains a trans- lation from the Arabic of

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