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The Computation of Planetary Longitudes in the Zīj of Ibn al-Bannā'
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 8 (2):259 (1998)
Abstract
Ibn al-Bann1321) is the author of one of the four extant of the unfinished zq (fl. Tunis and Marrakesh ca. 1193j accessible for the computation of planetary longitudes. The present paper studies some modifications of the structure of the tables the purpose of which is to make calculations easier. The tables of the planetary and lunar equations of the centre are ' appears as a clever adapter, who displays a clear ingenuity allowing him to introduce formal modifications which give his work an appearance of novelty which does not correspond to realityMy notes
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