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This article examines the influence of Ab! u al-Wafā’s geometric treatise on later Western mathematics, particularly during the Renaissance. It argues that the similarities between Ab! u al-Wafā’s work and those of Renaissance geometers are likely due to independent discoveries rather than direct historical transmission. The study employs a threefold methodological approach to analyze geometric constructions and concludes that the evidence does not strongly support the idea of a Latin legacy from Ab! u al

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