Abstract
This article introduces a book titled Irshād al-tullāb ilā ‘ilm al-hisāb, written by an anonymous author
who most probably lived in Ottoman lands, presented the book to Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II. In the epilogue of
the book, the author presents an equation solving method, unknown up to its period according to our research,
which he used to solve third, fourth, fifth and sixth degree equations whose degrees of variables are successively
ordered. Following a short introduction on the subject, I first summarize the history of solving methods for third
and higher degree equations, and then I examine the mathematical analysis of the book’s epilogue. After a short
conclusion, I present the Arabic text of the manuscript and its Turkish translation.
Keywords
Equations of High Degree Algebra in the Ottomans Mathematics in the Ottomans Equations Solv- ing Methods Irshād al-tullābShare
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- Authors: Elif Baga, Assist. Prof., Istanbul Medeniyet University
- DOI: http: dx.doi.org/ 10.15808/Nazariyat.1.1.M0004
- Year: 2014 (November) / Volume: 1 / Issue: 1
- Page: 109-128
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