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Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ

Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ was an Arab mathematician from Ḥarrān, who probably lived in the first half of the 10th century. Ibn an-Nadīm lists the following works of his:

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

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  • 10th-century Arab people
  • 10th-century mathematicians
  • History of mathematics stubs
  • Mathematicians of the medieval Islamic world
  • People from Harran