''Арифметика'' стала известна мусульманским математикам в X веке<ref>{{cite book|first=Carl B.|last=Boyer|authorlink=Carl Benjamin Boyerкнига|titleзаглавие=A History of Mathematics|editionиздание=Second Edition|publisherиздательство=[[John Wiley & Sons|John Wiley & Sons, Inc.]]|yearгод=1991|chapterчасть=The Arabic Hegemony|isbn=0-471-54397-7|quoteстраницы=234|ref=Boyer|язык=und|автор={{Нп3|Carl Benjamin Boyer|Boyer, Carl B.|en|Carl Benjamin Boyer}}}}. — «Note the omission of Diophantus and Pappus, authors who evidently were not at first known in Arabia, although the Diophantine ''Arithmetica'' became familiar before the end of the tenth century.|page=234}}».</ref>, когда [[Абу-л-Вафа]] перевёл её на арабский язык<ref>{{cite book|first=Carl B.|last=Boyer|authorlink=Carl Benjamin Boyerкнига|titleзаглавие=A History of Mathematics|editionиздание=Second Edition|publisherиздательство=[[John Wiley & Sons|John Wiley & Sons, Inc.]]|yearгод=1991|chapterчасть=The Arabic Hegemony|isbn=0-471-54397-7|quoteстраницы=239|ref=Boyer|язык=und|автор={{Нп3|Carl Benjamin Boyer|Boyer, Carl B.|en|Carl Benjamin Boyer}}}}. — «Abu'l-Wefa was a capable algebraist as well as a trigonometer. He commented on al-Khwarizmi's ''Algebra'' and translated from Greek one of the last great classics, the ''Arithmetica'' of Diophantus.|page=239}}».</ref>.
