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MATH & ASTRONOMY
Math
Top 10 Arab Mathematicians
Al-Kindi ( 801 AD to 873 AD)
Jabir ibn Aflah (1100 AD to 1150 AD)
Avempace (1085 AD to 1138AD):
Maslama al-Majriti (950AD to 1007AD)
Sheikh Baha’i, (1547 AD to 1621AD)
Abu Kamil Shuja’ ibn Aslam ( 850 AD to 930 AD)
Abdul Jerri (1932 – Present)
Al-Battani (858 AD to 929 AD)
Roshidi Rashed ( 1936 – Present)
Thabit ibn Qurrah ( 836 AD to 901 AD)
Combining mathematics info from other countries
China
India
Greece
Buildings
Used many geometric patterns & shapes
Discovered many different types of symmetry that can be done in a 2D surface
The House of Wisdom
Was set up in Baghdad around 810
Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi
Early Director of the House of Wisdom in the 9th Century
Persian mathematician
strong advocacy of the Hindu numerical system (1 – 9 and 0)
power and efficiency
Soon adopted by the entire Islamic world, and later by Europe as well.
Important contribution in algebra
Astronomy
Muslim astronomers (9th to 12th centuries)
Ibn Yunus (d 1009)
Al-Farghani
Al-Biruni (973-1050)
Al-Zarqali (1029-1087)
Al-Sufi (903-986)
Jabir Ibn Aflah (d. 1145)
Al-Battani (d. 929)
Innovations
Textbooks
Doubts on Ptolemy
Elements of Astronomy on the Celestial Motions
Refining and Expanding on Ptolemy
The Book of the Fixed Stars