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    Muslim Contributions in Mathematics

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    Muslim scholars made many important contributions to mathematics. Some of their key contributions included developing the decimal numeral system with the symbol for zero, introducing algebra and algebraic equations, and advancing trigonometry and geometry. Scholars like Al-Khwarizmi, Al-Kindi, and Al-Tusi made breakthroughs in areas like algebra, arithmetic, astronomy, and trigonometry. Their work laid the foundations for modern mathematics and helped advance scientific discovery.

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    Muslim scholars made many important contributions to mathematics. Some of their key contributions included developing the decimal numeral system with the symbol for zero, introducing algebra and algebraic equations, and advancing trigonometry and geometry. Scholars like Al-Khwarizmi, Al-Kindi, and Al-Tusi made breakthroughs in areas like algebra, arithmetic, astronomy, and trigonometry. Their work laid the foundations for modern mathematics and helped advance scientific discovery.

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    Muslim scholars made many important contributions to mathematics. Some of their key contributions included developing the decimal numeral system with the symbol for zero, introducing algebra and algebraic equations, and advancing trigonometry and geometry. Scholars like Al-Khwarizmi, Al-Kindi, and Al-Tusi made breakthroughs in areas like algebra, arithmetic, astronomy, and trigonometry. Their work laid the foundations for modern mathematics and helped advance scientific discovery.

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    Muslim Contributions in Mathematics

    1. 1.  In Khwarizmis words"...what is easiest and most useful in arithmetic, such as


    men constantly require in cases of inheritance, legacies, partition, lawsuits, and trade,
    and in all their dealings with one another, or where the measuring of lands, the
    digging of canals, geometrical computations, and other objects of various sorts and
    kinds are concerned..."
    2. 2. • The Muslims invented the symbol for zero (The word "cipher" comes from
    Arabic )‫ • صفر‬And they organized the numbers into the decimal system - base 10•
    Additionally, they invented the symbol toexpress an unknown quantity, i.e. variables
    like x
    3. 3. Al-BattaniAl-KindiAl-Tusi Omer Al-Khwarizimi Khayyam
    4. 4. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780 A.D-840),Khwarzim Mathematician
    Astronomer Geographer
    5. 5. The word "algebra"comes from "Al-Jabr”,which is taken from thetitle of
    Khwarizmisbook “Hisab Al-Jabr wal Muqabala”
    6. 6. In this book Khwarizmi explained that the unknowns in oneside of the equation is
    called al-Jabr and collecting the knowns in the other side of the equation is called al-
    Mukabalah Manuscript copy of Hisab Al-Jabr wal Muqabala
    7. 7. Al-Khwarizmialso introduced the Arabic numerals
    8. 8.  Mathematician Islamic Philosopher Astrologer Astronomer Physicist
    Chemist
    9. 9. Al-Kindi wrote four volumes on the number system“Ketab fi Isti’malal-’Adad al-
    Hindi” and laid the foundation of a large part ofmodern arithmetic
    10. 10.  Astronomer Mathematician Astrologer
    11. 11. Al-Batani introducedtrig0nometric ratios
    12. 12.  Mathematician Astronomer Philosopher Poet
    13. 13. This book is amaster- piece onalgebra and hasgreat importance in thedevelopment
    of algebra
    14. 14.  He offered geometric solutions of cubic equations and partialgeometric
    solutions of the other equations
    15. 15.  Astronomer Mathematician Philosopher Physicist Chemist
    16. 16.  In his book al-Tusi made enormous advances in plane and spherical
    trigonometry
    17. 17.  The well-known sine law is also stated in this work: a/sin A = b/sin B = c/sin C
    18. 18.  Thabit bin Qurra (836–901), Abu Kamil (about 850–930) Ibrahim ibn Sinan
    (908–946) Muhammad Abul Wafa (940–998), Khurasan
    19. 19.  Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Karaji (953–1029) Abu Abd Allah
    Muhammad ibn Muadh Al-Jayyani (989–1079), Andalusia Ghiyath al-Din al-Kashi
    (1393–1449)

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