The Arabic Origins and Development of Latin Algorisms in the Twelfth Century

The Arabic Origins and Development of Latin Algorisms in the Twelfth Century

André Allard

1991/09

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Journal Article

André Allard

Journal Article

10.1017/S0957423900001508

1474-0524, 0957-4239

In the absence of the Arabic text of al-Khwārizmī's Arithmetic (ca. 825), which has not yet been found, the oldest Latin adaptations from the twelfth century are the only evidence documenting the genesis and the first spreading of a decimal arithmetic that uses nine figures and zero, i.e. the Indian reckoning known in the Middle Ages as algorismus. This paper studies these texts, their content, their sources, and identifies their authors and the milieus in which they were written., En l'absence du texte arabe de l'Arithmétique d'al-Khwārizmī (ca. 825), jusqu'ici introuvable, les plus anciennes versions latines remaniées du XIe siècle constituent notre seule source de connaissance de la genèse et de la première diffusion d'une arithmétique de position utilisant neuf chiffres et le zéro, le ‘calcul indien’ connu du Moyen Age sous le nom d'algorismus. Le présent article analyse ces textes, leur contenu, leurs sources, et en détermine les auteurs ou les milieux dans lesquels ils furent élaborés.

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1991/09

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en

Cambridge Core

233-283

Arabic Sciences and Philosophy

The Arabic Origins and Development of Latin Algorisms in the Twelfth Century

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