Al-Khwarizmi

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Al-Khwarizmi was a pioneering Persian mathematician and astronomer whose works on algebra and algorithms profoundly shaped the development of mathematics and science.

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instanceOf Persian scholar
astronomer
geographer
human
mathematician
associatedWith al-Ma'mun
surface form: Caliph al-Ma'mun
birthPlace Khorasan
surface form: Greater Khorasan

Khwarezm
surface form: Khwarazm

region of modern Uzbekistan
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate
conceptCoinedFromName algorism
algorithm
employer House of Wisdom
surface form: Abbasid court in Baghdad

House of Wisdom
eponymOf algorism
algorithm
era Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Persian
familyName Al-Khwarizmi self-linksurface differs
surface form: al-Khwārizmī
fieldOfWork algebra
astronomy
geography
mathematical tables
trigonometry
floruit early 9th century
givenName Muhammad
surface form: Muḥammad
inferredBirthDate circa 780
inferredDeathDate circa 850
influenced Latin medieval mathematics
Renaissance mathematics
development of algebra in Europe
influencedBy Greek mathematics
Indian mathematics
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
name Al-Khwarizmi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
notableAchievement construction of astronomical tables based on Indian and Greek sources
introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals to the Islamic world
revision of Ptolemaic geography
systematic treatment of linear and quadratic equations
notableWork Al-Khwarizmi's Al-jabr wa-l-muqabala
surface form: Al-Kitāb al-mukhtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala

Al-Khwarizmi's Al-jabr wa-l-muqabala
surface form: Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing

Zīj al-Sindhind
astronomical tables
work on Hindu-Arabic numerals
occupation astronomer
geographer
mathematician
scholar
patronymicName ibn Mūsā
religion Islam
workLocation Baghdad

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Islamic Golden Age notableScholar Al-Khwarizmi
Persians notableScientist Al-Khwarizmi
House of Wisdom notableScholar Al-Khwarizmi
this entity surface form: al-Khwarizmi
Islamic astronomy hasKeyFigure Al-Khwarizmi
Islamic mathematics majorFigure Al-Khwarizmi
Al-Khwarizmi name Al-Khwarizmi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
Al-Khwarizmi familyName Al-Khwarizmi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: al-Khwārizmī
Early Islamic period hasKeyFigure Al-Khwarizmi
this entity surface form: al-Khwarizmi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi influencedBy Al-Khwarizmi
this entity surface form: al-Khwarizmi
Al-Khwarizmi's Al-jabr wa-l-muqabala author Al-Khwarizmi
this entity surface form: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Al-Karaji influencedBy Al-Khwarizmi
this entity surface form: al-Khwarizmi
Zīj al-Sindhind author Al-Khwarizmi
this entity surface form: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
ibn Mūsā usedInNameOf Al-Khwarizmi
this entity surface form: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī