« Al-Kūhī’s revision of Book I of Euclid’s “Elements” ». Historia mathematica, 32, 2005, pp. 426-52.
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Sonja Brentjes, « « Al-Kūhī’s revision of Book I of Euclid’s “Elements” ». Historia mathematica, 32, 2005, pp. 426-52. », Abstracta Iranica, ID : 10.4000/abstractairanica.30822
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Berggren and van Brummelen present in this paper an edition and translation of Abū Sahl Kūhī’s untitled edition of Book I of the Elements. They refer to the text as Revision of Book I of the Elements since the 10th century scholar altered the content of the book by omitting all constructions and rearranging the order of the remaining theorems. Berggren and van Brummelen interpret this substantial change as resulting from Kūhī’s preference for another work of the ancient geometer, i.e. his Dat...