On the Composition of Ratios

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On the Composition of Ratios is a mathematical treatise by Thabit ibn Qurra that develops and extends Greek theories of ratios and proportions within the framework of early Islamic mathematics.

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instanceOf mathematical treatise
medieval scientific text
work of mathematics
aimsTo extend Greek theories of ratios and proportions
associatedWith House of Wisdom in Baghdad NERFINISHED
author Thabit ibn Qurra NERFINISHED
buildsUpon Greek theories of proportions
Greek theories of ratios
context early Islamic mathematical scholarship
contributedTo development of ratio theory in Islamic mathematics
transmission of Greek mathematics into Arabic tradition
discipline history of mathematics
era 9th century
field geometry
mathematics
number theory
focusesOn composition of ratios
generalization of proportional relationships
operations on ratios
genre mathematical treatise
historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED
influenced later Islamic mathematicians studying ratios
influencedBy Elements by Euclid NERFINISHED
Euclidean theory of proportion NERFINISHED
language Arabic
mainSubject Greek mathematics
Islamic mathematics
proportions
ratios
theory of ratios
partOf corpus of Thabit ibn Qurra NERFINISHED
preservedAs manuscript copies in Arabic
region Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED
relatedTo arithmetical ratios
geometrical ratios
theory of proportionality
relatedWork other mathematical treatises by Thabit ibn Qurra
works of Euclid on proportion NERFINISHED
scholarlyReception studied in history of mathematics
tradition Hellenistic mathematical tradition in Arabic translation
typeOfWork theoretical mathematics text
usedIn medieval mathematical education in the Islamic world

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Thabit ibn Qurra notableWork On the Composition of Ratios