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History of medieval Islamic mathematics: Research in Uzbekistan

✍ Scribed by G.P. Matvievskaya

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
480 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0315-0860

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✦ Synopsis

The article describes the important role played by Central Asia, especially Uzbekistan, in the history of medieval Islamic mathematics. It deals with the history of the manuscript and book collections of the Bukhara library and outlines the relevant research work on this subject that has been written in Russian by scholars of the former Soviet Union.

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