The idea of generality is implied in al-Khwarizmi's exposition, but he had no scheme for expressing algebraically the general propositions that are so readily available in geometry | Al Khwarizmi: The Beginnings of Algebra |
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229 "It is not certain just what the terms al-jabr and muqabalah mean, but the usual interpretation is similar to that implied in the translation above | A History of Mathematics Second ed |
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