Book:Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi/Al-Kitāb al-muḫtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala

Subject Matter

 * A systematic study of the solution of linear and quadratic equations.

Also known as
In Arabic:  الكتاب المختصر في حساب الجبر والمقابلة )

Also known as The Algebra.

Critical View

 * Some authors are inclined to exaggerate the mathematical side of the discipline and to pose problems requiring for their solution various branches of arithmetic, such as algebra, the use of roots, and similar things.
 * ... to which replies:
 * Well, mathematicians would, wouldn't they?
 * Well, mathematicians would, wouldn't they?