Question: The content of the Mishnat ha-Middot resembles the work of this 1st Century AD Egyptian mathematician.
Sentence (from "Mishnat ha-Middot"): The content resembles both the work of Hero of Alexandria (c. 100 C.E.) and that of al-Khwārizmī (c. 800 C.E.) and the proponents of the earlier dating therefore see it linking Greek and Islamic mathematics.
Relevant evidence: Yes