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What does the cover graphic symbolize? Maybe it is stylized Arabic text...?

• leosanchez 3y ago
  Maze ?
• jfk13 3y ago
  Yes, exactly: it looks like a highly stylised rendering of al-Khwārizmī (الخوارزمي or something like that.... spelling may not be entirely standardised), repeated 4 times at 90° rotations.
  • greenyoda 3y ago
    For those who aren't familiar, the word "algorithm" is derived from al-Khwārizmī's name. See page 2 of this book for details.
• mcphage 3y ago
  That's geometric / square Kufic script, but I don't know how to parse it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic#Square_Kufic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic#Square_Kufic