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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:mathematician
astronomer
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gptkbp:birthDate
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940
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gptkbp:birthName
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gptkb:Abū_al-Wafāʾ_Muḥammad_ibn_Muḥammad_ibn_Yaḥyā_ibn_Ismāʿīl_al-Būzjānī
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Buzhgan,_Khorasan,_Iran
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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improvements in calculation of sine tables
introduction of the tangent function
methods for constructing regular polygons
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gptkbp:deathDate
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998
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Baghdad,_Iraq
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gptkbp:era
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gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Abu al-Wafa
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Omar_Khayyam
gptkb:Al-Biruni
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Abu_al-Wafa's_theorem
trigonometry
spherical trigonometry
improvements to tangent and secant tables
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Arabic
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:Persian
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:mathematician
astronomer
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Baghdad
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gptkbp:wrote
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gptkb:Kitab_al-Amal_bil-Misaha
gptkb:Kitab_al-Handasa
gptkb:Kitab_al-Jabr_wa_al-Muqabala
gptkb:Kitab_fima_yahtaju_ilayh_al-kuttab_wa_al-ummal_min_'ilm_al-hisab
Kitab al-Kamil (The Complete Book)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Planisphaerium
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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