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Ibn Al-Haytham's Completion of the Conics.

It's probably one of the smartest things I've read in mathematics thus far. It DOES have some errors in it, as notated by the translator, but between Ibn Al-Haytham's flawless execution of the Analytical-Synthetical mode and Maimonides comments/amendments, this piece of mathematical literature is just downright fascinating to read.

It has me going "WOAHHHH" "OH MY GOOOOOOOD" sometimes haha. I find myself drop-jawed looking at the mental process that I've just observed, as sometimes I do.

>not being able to read primary texts

You cannot do shite, anon, until you have read Islamic golden age geometrical reasoning.