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Al-Khwarizmi
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī | |
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A stamp issued 6 September 1983 in the Soviet Union, to celebrate roughly 1200 years since al-Khwārizmī's birth | |
| Born | c.
780 |
| Died | c. 850 |
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (Persian: محمد بن موسى خوارزمی, Arabic: محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي) was a Persian[1][2][3][4][5][6]mathematician and astronomer.
He was believed to have been born around 800 AD and died in 850 AD during the Abbasid Empire.[7]
Al-Khwarizmi was known for the book he wrote about algebra, Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing.[7] He also wrote a book which taught the Western world about Hindu numerals and how to use them.[8] This book was later titled the Hindu Art of Reckoning.[7] With his books, al-Khwarizmi authored astronomical tables- tables designed to calculate the position of planets or eclipses.[8]
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