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The algebraical notations in the following notes will be the same as in the mathematical summary (Chapter 2). In some of the notes to propositions 4–12 I have referred to Maimonides’ notes to the Completion (see Chapter 10). References such as (f. 32a:23–32b:2) are to part A of the manuscript Manisa, Genel 1706, which contains the text of Maimonides’ notes (see §12.1).
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Hogendijk, J.P. (1985). Notes to the Translation. In: Ibn al-Haytham’s Completion of the Conics . Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4059-2_14
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