Jamshīd al-Kāshī

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
astronomer
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kashan
gptkbp:birthYear c. 1380
gptkbp:computes pi to 16 decimal places
gptkbp:contributedTo astronomical instruments
trigonometry
gptkbp:deathYear 1429
gptkbp:employer Ulugh Beg
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith gptkb:Ulugh_Beg_Observatory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jamshīd al-Kāshī
gptkbp:influenced European mathematics
later Islamic mathematicians
gptkbp:knownFor astronomer
decimal fractions
high-precision calculation of pi
Treatise on the Circumference
The Key to Arithmetic (Miftāḥ al-Ḥisāb)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Persian
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Persian
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Khaqani_Zij
Miftāḥ al-Ḥisāb (The Key to Arithmetic)
Sullam al-Samāʾ (The Stairway of Heaven)
Risāla al-muḥīṭiyya (Treatise on the Circumference)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Al-Kashani
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7