Abu al-Wafa' Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Ismail al-Buzjani
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:mathematician
astronomer |
| gptkbp:birthDate |
940
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| gptkbp:birthPlace |
Buzhgan
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| gptkbp:contribution |
contributed to the theory of conic sections
developed methods for calculating sine tables improved methods for solving equations introduced the tangent function in trigonometry made astronomical observations in Baghdad studied the secant and cosecant functions |
| gptkbp:deathDate |
998
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| gptkbp:deathPlace |
gptkb:Baghdad
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| gptkbp:era |
gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
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| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Abu al-Wafa' Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Ismail al-Buzjani
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Omar_Khayyam
gptkb:Al-Biruni |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
astronomical observations
trigonometry secant function tangent function sine theorem |
| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Persian |
| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:Persian
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| gptkbp:officeLocation |
gptkb:Baghdad
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| gptkbp:studentOf |
Abu Yahya al-Marwazi
Abu al-'Ala' ibn Karnib |
| gptkbp:teacherOf |
Al-Kuhi
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| gptkbp:wrote |
gptkb:Book_on_the_Construction_of_the_Astrolabe
gptkb:Kitab_al-Kamil gptkb:Book_on_the_Use_of_the_Astrolabe Book of What is Necessary from the Science of Arithmetic for Scribes and Businessmen Book on the Knowledge of the Geometric Lines Book on the Geometric Constructions Needed for the Artisan |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Abu'l-Wafa
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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