Mathematik im mittelalterlichen Islam

This book contains episodes from the mathematics of medieval Islam, which had a significant influence on the development of mathematics. The author describes the subject in its historical context and refers to Arabic texts. The areas covered include the discovery of decimal fractions, geometry, plane and spherical trigonometry, algebra, and the approximate solutions of equations. Additionally, a number of applications of these areas in Islamic society are presented, such as in taxation, inheritance, the calculation of prayer times, and the geometry of ornaments. The book is of great interest to historians of mathematics as well as mathematics students. The presentation is easily accessible to anyone with secondary school-level mathematics knowledge.