Magic Squares

Their History and Construction from Ancient Times to AD 1600

von Jacques Sesiano

313 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
• ISBN: 9783030179922
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.05.2019
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing