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    Mathematics in the medieval Islamic world - Wikipedia

    Arabic mathematics, particularly algebra, developed significantly during the medieval period. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwārizmī's (Arabic: محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي; c. 780 – c. 850) work between AD 813 and 833 in Baghdad was a turning point. He introduced the term "algebra" in the title of his book, "Kitab al … See more

    Mathematics during the Golden Age of Islam, especially during the 9th and 10th centuries, was built upon syntheses of Greek mathematics (Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius) and Indian mathematics (Aryabhata See more

    Algebra
    The study of algebra, the name of which is derived from the Arabic word meaning completion or "reunion of broken parts", flourished during the Islamic golden age. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, a Persian scholar in the See more

    The medieval Arab-Islamic world played a crucial role in shaping the trajectory of mathematics, with al-Khwārizmī's algebraic innovations serving as a cornerstone. The … See more

    • Engraving of Abū Sahl al-Qūhī's perfect compass to draw conic sections
    • The theorem of Ibn Haytham See more

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    The influence of medieval Arab-Islamic mathematics to the rest of the world is wide and profound, in both the realm of science and mathematics. The knowledge of the Arabs went … See more

    Despite the fundamental works Arabic mathematicians have done on the development of Algebra and algebraic geometry, Western historians in the 18th and early 19th … See more

    'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk (fl. 830) (quadratics)
    Sind ibn Ali (d. after 864)
    Thabit ibn Qurra (826–901)
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  4. Al-Khwarizmi | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    al-Khwārizmī (born c. 780 —died c. 850) was a Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose major works introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concepts of algebra into European mathematics. Latinized versions of his …

  5. Al-Khwarizmi - The Father of Algebra - The Story of …

    Perhaps his most important contribution to mathematics was his strong advocacy of the Hindu numerical system, which Al-Khwarizmi recognized as having the power and efficiency needed to revolutionize Islamic and Western mathematics.

  6. Mathematics - Islamic World, 8th-15th Century

    Oct 15, 2024 · Mathematics in the 10th century. Islamic scientists in the 10th century were involved in three major mathematical projects: the completion of arithmetic algorithms, the development of algebra, and the extension of …

  7. Al-Khwarizmi: The Father of Algebra | Science and …

    Oct 20, 2015 · The word algebra stems from the Arabic word al-jabr, which has its roots in the title of a 9th century manuscript written by the mathematician Al-Khwarizmi.

  8. A Brief Look At Islam’s Contribution to Mathematics

    Oct 10, 2011 · The title of his most famous book, Kitab Al-Jabr wa al-Muqabilah (“The Book of Integration and Equation”) in fact provides the origin of the word, algebra. Over the course of his work in mathematics, Al-Khwarizmi …

  9. Al-Khawarizmi : The Father of all Algebraic …

    Oct 9, 2020 · One of the few polymaths known to history, Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, immortalized himself as the structure for many sciences and algebra. The man was solely responsible for the numerals that we use …

  10. The Development of Arabic Mathematics: Between …

    This book draws together more than ten studies to highlight one of the major developments in Arabic mathematical thinking, provoked by the double fecondation between arithmetic and the algebra of al-Khwarizmi, which led to …

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