Talk:Al-Mahani
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Wiki: The book Al-fihrist ("Index") by the bookseller Ibn al-Nadim in 988 mentions Mahani, not for his work in astronomy, but rather for his work in geometry and arithmetic. However the work which Mahani did in mathematics may well have been motivated by various problems of an astronomical nature.
MacTutor:
The Fihrist (Index) was a work compiled by the bookseller Ibn an-Nadim in 988. It gives a full account of the Arabic literature which was available in the 10th century and in particular mentions al-Mahani, not for his work in astronomy, but rather for his work in geometry and arithmetic. However the work which al-Mahani did in mathematics may well have been motivated by various problems of an astronomical nature.
Wiki: Omar Khayyam is quite correct to rate Mahani's work highly, despite his failure in the mentioned problem. The fact that Mahani conceived the idea of reducing problems such as duplicating the cube to problems in algebra was an important step forward by itself.
MacTutor:
Omar Khayyam is quite correct to rate this work highly. It would be too easy to say that since al-Mahani has proposed a method of solution which he could not carry through then his work was of little value. However, this, as Omar Khayyam is well aware, is not so at all and the fact that al-Mahani conceived the idea of reducing problems such as duplicating the cube to problems in algebra was an important step forward.