Risālah al-watar waʾl-jaib
work by al-Kāshī
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discussed in biography
- In al-Kāshī: Life in Samarkand
In his third masterpiece, Risālah al-watar waʾl-jayb (“Treatise on the Chord and Sine”), he calculates the sine of 1° correct to 10 sexagesimal places. This precision was essential for the accuracy of Ulūgh Beg’s Astronomical Tables. It is unclear, however, whether al-Kāshī completed the treatise himself or whether it…
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