About: Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ

Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ was an Arab mathematician from Ḥarrān, who probably lived in the first half of the 10th century. Ibn an-Nadīm lists the following works of his: 1. * Kitāb at-Taḫt fi l-ḥisāb al-hindī ("Book of the Table on the Indian Calculation") 2. * Kitāb al-Ğamʿ wa-t-tafrīq ("Book of Addition and Subtraction") 3. * Kitāb Šarḥ al-Ğamʿ wa-t-tafrīq ("Commentary on the Book of Addition and Subtraction") 4. * Kitāb Ḥisāb al-mukaʿʿabāt ("Book on the Cubic Calculation") 5. * Kitāb Šarḥ al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala li-l-Ḫwārizmī ("Commentary on the Book of Balancing and Restoration by al-Ḫwārizmī")