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Trigonometry in Islamic Mathematics

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  1. State College, PA, USA

    Boris A. Rosenfeld

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  1. Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    Helaine Selin

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Rosenfeld, B.A. (2015). Trigonometry in Islamic Mathematics. In: Selin, H. (eds) Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3934-5_9754-2

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