Magic squares : their history and construction from ancient times to AD 1600 /
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| Author / Creator: | Sesiano, Jacques, author. |
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| Uniform title: | Carrés magiques dans les pays islamiques. English |
| Imprint: | Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019] |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11895617 |
| Summary: | The science of magic squares witnessed an important development in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, with a great variety of construction methods being created and ameliorated. The initial step was the translation, in the ninth century, of an anonymous Greek text containing the description of certain highly developed arrangements, no doubt the culmination of ancient research on magic squares.<br> |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in French under the title: Les carrés magiques dans les pays islamiques. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783030179939 3030179931 3030179923 9783030179922 9783030179946 303017994X 9783030179953 3030179958 |