Magic Squares in the Tenth Century

• Part I. Tenth-century construction methods.- Introduction.- I. Ordinary Magic Squares.- II. Bordered Magic Squares.- III. Separation by Parity.- IV. Composite Magic Squares.- Part II. Translation.- Editorial Procedure.- Text A.- Text B.- Opuscule on the Magic Square by al-Kharaqī.- Part III. Arabic Texts.- Editorial Procedure.- Text A.- Text B.- Opuscule on the Magic Square by al-Kharaqī.- Bibliography.- Index.

“The inclusion of the original Arabic texts together with the translations and the accompanying commentary make this book a very valuable source for historians of mathematics.” (Shahriar Shahriar, Mathematical Reviews, April, 2018)