Al-Sijzi's Treatise on Geometrical Problem Solving

The following information concerns the publication:

Al-Sijzi's Treatise on Geometrical Problem Solving (Kitab fi Tashil al-Subul li-Istikhraj al-Ashkal al-Handasiya), translated and annotated by Jan P. Hogendijk, with the Arabic Text and a Persian Translation by Mohammad Bagheri, Tehran: Fatemi Publishing Co, 1996, ISBN 964-318-114-6.

This book has now been sold out. I have put the English part (introduction and translation) on the internet in two formats:
a .pdf-version of Al-Sijzi's Treatise on Geometrical Problem Solving.
a .ps-version of Al-Sijzi's Treatise on Geometrical Problem Solving.

If you have problems with downloading, please send me an email.

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Jan Hogendijk <hogend@math.uu.nl>
18 sept 2002