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The measurement of the circle in Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī's Revision of the 'middle books' (Taḥrīr al- mutawassiṭāt)
Lit L.W. Cornelis
The mathematical treatises known as Taḥrīr al-mutawassiṭāt, “Revision of the Middle
books”, are a collection of Greek and Arabic treatises which were re-edited by Naṣīr
al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī. This paper explores the nature of the editorial work Ṭūsī did, showing
that it is not a simple rendering of the original text but that it involves major
revisions and in fact original additions. For the first time, a collated version of
Ṭūsī’s revision on the treatise on the measurement of the circle (by Archimedes) is
provided. A translation of the Arabic text is put side by side with a rendition of the
treatise as it was circulated before Ṭūsī’s time. An in-depth analysis of the text
elucidates the nature of Ṭūsī’s contributions to the text. This article also provides
modest corrections to earlier studies by W. R. Knorr and P. Luckey.
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- April 19, 2020
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