The Influence of Islamic Mathematicians

It is hard to believe that civilizations made up of former illiterate nomadic warriors have a major influence on the field of mathematics. However, many scholars believe that Arabs hold many ancient wisdom. After conquering the majority of Eastern Europe and North Africa, the Islamic Abbasid Empire changed from conquering the military to intellectual enlightenment. Florian Cajori talked about this change in the history of mathematics. He said: "The shocking thing is the spectacular parade of the Arab conquest, which makes them relax, because they abandon their past nomadic life, adopt higher civilization, It is that I assumed sovereignty. "(Casio)

Al-Khowârizmi (aka Mahomet ibn Moses) is a Persian who worked as a mathematician, astronomer and geographer in the early Golden Age of Islamic science. He introduced a Hindu decimal system in the Islamic world and Europe; invented a temporary quadrant; improved the day .. developed a triangle; and improved Ptolemy's astronomy and geography . Like other influential books, he wrote a book, Al-Jabr, showing simple algebra and geometry. Unlike Diophantus's work, Al-Khowârizmi is the first algebraic text to present a general approach. He is often referred to as "father of algebra." (However, Diophantus uses an excellent "segmentation" sign.) The word algorithm is borrowing the name of Al-Khowârizmi taken from the name of his book. He also created the word password. This has become zero in English (although this is only a Sanskrit word translated into zero words introduced by Aryabhata).

Persian mathematicians, astronomers, philosophers and poet, who wrote a paper on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, music and Islamic theology, is one of the most important articles on algebra including the following: The hyperbola crosses the circle to solve the geometric method of the cubic equation, which is responsible for the establishment / success of Mali, was converted to Muslim during his reign (1230-1255 AD), during his reign (the first of Sudan Ruler), many of his people are willing to convert; with Arabic secretary (the first writing system in Sudan) his rule also shows the beginning of the rise of Muslim Islam in Sudan I will

For thousands of years, Chinese mathematicians have worked well and have pioneered discovery of various algebra and geometric principles. There is evidence that China's activities have influenced India and the Islamic empire, and thus indirectly affected Europe. In the first 1000 years of the Han Dynasty there was a great Chinese mathematician (proved by ancient Zhou Li Su) but the innovation of the Han people continued for centuries, but "Mathematical art 9 Chapters "textbooks are particularly important. The nine chapters (called Chinese Nine Chapters Su or Qiu Chang Su) seem to have been written in the early Han dynasty (around 165 BC) by Zhang Chang (also known as Zhang Wei).