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  2. Mathematics in the medieval Islamic world - Wikipedia

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    His Book of Algebra (Kitāb fī al-jabr wa al-muqābala) is "essentially a commentary on and elaboration of al-Khwārizmī's work; in part for that reason and in part for its own merit, the book enjoyed widespread popularity in the Muslim world". [31] It contains 69 problems, which is more than al-Khwārizmī who had 40 in his book. [31]

  3. History of algebra - Wikipedia

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    The word "algebra" is derived from the Arabic word الجبر al-jabr, and this comes from the treatise written in the year 830 by the medieval Persian mathematician, Al-Khwārizmī, whose Arabic title, Kitāb al-muḫtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala, can be translated as The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing.

  4. List of Islamic scholars described as father or founder of a ...

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    Muhammad al-Shaybani: Father of Muslim International Law. [39] Ismail al-Jazari: Father of Automaton and Robotics. Suhrawardi: Founder of the Illuminationist school of Islamic philosophy. [40] [41] Al-Tusi: Father of Trigonometry as a mathematical discipline in its own right. [42] [43] [44] Seyyed Hossein Nasr: Father of Islamic ecotheology ...

  5. Al-Khwarizmi - Wikipedia

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    Al-Khwarizmi's algebra is regarded as the foundation and cornerstone of the sciences. In a sense, al-Khwarizmi is more entitled to be called "the father of algebra" than Diophantus because al-Khwarizmi is the first to teach algebra in an elementary form and for its own sake, Diophantus is primarily concerned with the theory of numbers. [53]

  6. List of inventions in the medieval Islamic world - Wikipedia

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    Panemone windmill: The earliest recorded windmill design found was Persian in origin, and was invented around the 7th-9th centuries. [20] [21] 9th century. Algebra discipline: Al-Khwarizmi is considered the father of the algebra discipline. The word Algebra comes from the Arabic الجبر (al-jabr) in the title of his book Ilm al-jabr wa'l ...

  7. Al-Jabr - Wikipedia

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    Al-Jabr (Arabic: الجبر), also known as The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing (Arabic: الكتاب المختصر في حساب الجبر والمقابلة, al-Kitāb al-Mukhtaṣar fī Ḥisāb al-Jabr wal-Muqābalah; [b] or Latin: Liber Algebræ et Almucabola), is an Arabic mathematical treatise on algebra written in Baghdad around 820 by the Persian polymath ...

  8. Muslim In America - The Huffington Post

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    The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.

  9. History of mathematics - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] Islamic mathematics, in turn, developed and expanded the mathematics known to these civilizations. [10] Contemporaneous with but independent of these traditions were the mathematics developed by the Maya civilization of Mexico and Central America, where the concept of zero was given a standard symbol in Maya numerals.