Abu Ja'far al-Khwarizmi was an Arab mathematician who lived between AD 780 and 850. At a time when the spread of ideas was difficult, al-Khwarizmi wrote a book which contained many important mathematical concepts of the Middle East.
This book changed all of European mathematics, introducing the decimal system and rules for doing algebra.
Abu Ja'far al-Khwarizmi was an Arab mathematician who lived between 780-850. At a time when the diffusion of ideas was very slow due to the lack of cross-cultural communication, al-Khwarizmi wrote a book which contained many important mathematical concepts of the Middle East.
This book revolutionized western (European) mathematics: It introduced the decimal system, as well as rules for solving equations and doing geometry.
Abu Ja'far al-Khwarizmi was an Arab mathematician who lived between 780-850. At a time when the diffusion of ideas was very slow due to the lack of cross-cultural communication, al-Khwarizmi wrote a book, Hisab al-jabr wal-muqabala, which contained many important mathematical concepts and formulae of the Middle East. One of these concepts was completing the square. The "al-jabr" in the title gave us the word "algebra."
This book revolutionized western (European) mathematics: It introduced the decimal system, rules for solving linear and quadratic equations, and doing geometry.
Al-Khwarizmi's impact on today's mathematics is evidenced by our use of the word "algorithm", which is the Latin translation of his name.