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Al-Khawarizmi

Mohammad Bin Musa Al-Khawarizmi (~800 A.D. to ~840 A.D.) practised mathematics, astronomy and geometry.

Famous works

Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah from whose title came the name "Algebra"
Kitab al-Jam'a wal-Tafreeq bil Hisab al-Hindi (on Arithmatic, which survived in a Latin translation but was lost in the original Arabic)
Kitab Surat-al-Ard (on geography)
Istikhraj Tarikh al-Yahud (about the Jewish calendar)
Kitab al-Tarikh
Kitab al-Rukhmat (about sun-dials)

Interesting contributions

Explained the use of zero
Developed tables containing the sine functions
Perfected the geometric representation of conic sections
Calculus of two errors
Revised Ptolemy's views on geography

External links

http://members.tripod.com/~wzzz/KHAWARIZ.html

Referenced By

Al-Kindi | Mathematical timeline | Timeline of mathematics

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