Ibn Mu'adh al-Jayyani
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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muʿādh al-Jayyānī[1] (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن معاذ الجياني; 989, Cordova, Al-Andalus – 1079, Jaén, Al-Andalus) was an Arab mathematician, Islamic scholar, and Qadi from Al-Andalus (in present-day Spain).[2] Al-Jayyānī wrote important commentaries on Euclid's Elements and he wrote the first known treatise on spherical trigonometry.
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Al-Jayyānī | |
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Born | 989 Iraq |
Died | 1079 |
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Influences | Euclid, al-Khwarizmi |
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Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Main interests | Mathematics, Astronomy |
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