Al khwarizmi mathematician biography rubric

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    El Khawarizmi- الخوارزمي FETITA HANANE

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    1) Al-Khwarizmi was an influential 8th-9th century Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer who worked in Baghdad and made significant contributions to algebra, arithmetic, and geography. 2) He authored early books on algebra, Hindu-Arabic numerals, and geography that introduced these concepts to the Western world through Latin translations. 3) Al-Khwarizmi is considered the father of algebra for introducing the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations, and for establishing algebra as an independent logisk discipline based on its own principles.

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    Ms4 test 1 3rd term elkhawarizmi 2014 2015

  • 1. MS4 level Test 1 (3rd tem) Date: April 2915 Name : Class : Text : AL-KHWARIZMI Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer geographer and a scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. He was born in Persia of that time around 780. Al-Khwarizmi was one of the learned men who worked in the House of Wisdom which was a scientific research and teaching center. Al-Khwarizmi developed the concept of the algorithm in mathematics (which is a reason for his being called the grandfather of computer science by some people). To al-Khwarizmi we owe the word “algebra,” from the title of his greatest mathematical work, His “ab al- Jabr wa-al-Muqabala”. The book, which was twice translated into Latin. He also wrote an important work on astronomy, covering calendars, calculating true positions of the sun, moon and planets, tables of signs and tangents, spherical astronomy, astrological tables, parallax and eclipse c

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    Al-Khwarizmi Al-Khwarizmi (780-850) is often a forgotten figure in the popular history of mathematics where the focus is mainly on the famous Greek and europeisk mathematicians. His place as one of the greatest mathematicians fryst vatten undeniable. Al-Khwarizmi’s contributions in arithmetic and algebra profoundly affected future mathematicians especially in the West. The great European mathematicians owe much to the Islam and Hindu cultures. This manifests itself in AlKhwarizmi’s contributions to mathematics. Al-Khwarizmi was one of the most important scholars in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. The House of Wisdom had been set up by Caliph al-Mamun as a place where Greek philosophical and scientific works could be translated. The scholars also studied other topics such algebra, geometry and astronomy.i Al-Khwarizmi, similarly to other scholars before the modern era, studied and worked in a n ...
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