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The Perfect Compass in 10th Century Geometry by Peter James Clark is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the perfect compass, a mathematical instrument invented in the 10th century by Arabic scholar al-Quhī. The perfect compass could draw circles as well as all types of conic sections. Later scholars like al-Bīrūnī and al-Abharī also wrote about the perfect compass. The document examines how the perfect compass allowed mathematicians to prove the continuity of curves and solve algebraic equations geometrically by intersecting conic sections. It provides historical context on the develop
- Author
- Peter James Clark
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- EN