{"product_id":"the-algebra-of-mohammed-ben-musa-al-khwarizmi","title":"The Algebra of Mohammed ben Musa — Al-Khwarizmi","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#f0ebe3;color:#8b7355;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.03em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:8px 16px;border-radius:16px;margin:0 0 18px 0;\"\u003e📖 Delivered as a downloadable ePub file.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:0 0 10px 0;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in Baghdad in the early 9th century under the patronage of the Caliph al-Ma'mun, al-Khwarizmi's \u003cem\u003eal-Kitab al-Mukhtasar fi Hisab al-Jabr wal-Muqabala\u003c\/em\u003e (\"The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing\") is the founding text of algebra as a distinct branch of mathematics — the word \"algebra\" comes directly from its title, and the word \"algorithm\" from a Latinization of the author's own name. The book systematically works through linear and quadratic equations by geometric proof, then applies the method to practical problems in mensuration, mercantile transactions, and above all Islamic inheritance law, which occupies roughly half the treatise. It was a primary channel through which the Hindu-Arabic numeral system reached medieval Europe. This edition is Frederic Rosen's landmark 1831 English translation, the first to make the Arabic text and Rosen's own explanatory notes available to English readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e History of Mathematics \/ Islamic Golden Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:26px 0 10px 0;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9a25a;margin:0;padding:2px 0 2px 18px;font-style:italic;color:#3a332a;line-height:1.6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI observed that the numbers which are required in calculating by Completion and Reduction are of three kinds, namely, roots, squares, and simple numbers relative to neither root nor square. A root is any quantity which is to be multiplied by itself. A square is the whole amount of the root multiplied by itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Al-Khwarizmi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50559996821752,"sku":"EN-KHWARIZMI-ALGEBRA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/algebra-of-mohammed-ben-musa-khwarizmi.jpg?v=1789914284","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/products\/the-algebra-of-mohammed-ben-musa-al-khwarizmi","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}