Biography:Ibn al-Majdi
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Short description: Egyptian mathematician and astronomer (1359–1447)
Ibn al‐Majdī | |
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| Born | 1359 |
| Died | 27 January 1447 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Astronomer, Mathematician |
| Era | Mamluk era (Islamic Golden Age) |
Shihāb al‐Dīn ibn al‐Majdī (Arabic: شهاب الدين بن المجدي; 1359–1447 CE) was an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer. His most important mathematical work was "Book of Substance", a voluminous commentary on the Summary of the Operations of Calculations by Ibn al-Banna'.[1]
References
- ↑ Chabert, Jean-Luc (1999). A History of Algorithms: From the Pebble to the Microchip. Springer. p. 497. ISBN 3540633693. https://archive.org/details/historyalgorithm00chab_264.
External links
- Charette, François (2007). "Ibn al‐Majdī: Shihāb al‐Dīn Abū al‐ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybughā al‐Majdī al‐Shāfiʿī". in Thomas Hockey. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 561–2. ISBN 9780387310220. http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Ibn_al-Majdi_BEA.htm. (PDF version)
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