The algebra of Omar Khayyam
By: by Daoud S. Kasir.
Contributors: Kasir, Daoud S. 1892- ed. and tr.
Publisher: Teachers college, Columbia university
Published: 1931
Place of publication: New York city
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
Subjects: Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.; Mathematics, Arab.; Mathematics -- History.; Algebra -- History.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 125-126.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia university, 1929.
Vita.
Published also as Teacher college, Columbia university, Contributions to education, no. 385.
"A ... manuscript ... in the library of Professor David Eugene Smith ... has been used as the Arabic text in the preparation of the present translation."--p. 9.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Al-jabr w'al muqâbalah of Omar Khayyam. Demonstration concerning the completion and reduction of problems.