Book:Abu Kamil/Kitāb al-ṭair
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Abu Kamil: Kitāb al-ṭair
Published $\text {c. $900$}$
In English:
- Book of Birds
Subject Matter
- Systematic procedures for finding integral solutions for indeterminate equations
Contents
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Historical Note
Possibly the first work that investigates the number of solutions to a general indeterminate equation.
The title is derived from a type of problems known in the east: the One Hundred Fowls problems, which involve the purchase of different species of birds.
The book arose as an offshoot of his Kitāb al-ṭarā'if fi'l-ḥisāb.