Al-Khwarizmi facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
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A stamp issued 6 September 1983 in the Soviet Union, to celebrate roughly 1200 years since al-Khwārizmī's birth
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| Born | c. 780 |
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Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (Persian: محمد بن موسى خوارزمی, Arabic: محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي) was a Persian Muslim mathematician and astronomer. He was believed to have been born around 800 AD and died in 850 AD during the Abbasid Empire.
Al-Khwarizmi was known for the book he wrote about algebra, Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing. He also wrote a book which taught the Western world about Hindu numerals and how to use them. This book was later titled the Hindu Art of Reckoning. With his books, al-Khwarizmi authored astronomical tables- tables designed to calculate the position of planets or eclipses.
His work changed the understanding and knowledge of mathematics in the Middle Ages and mathematicians in Europe read his book. They began to use these Hindu–Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ...) instead of the Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, ...). The Arabic numeral system is easier to do mathematics with, as Roman numbers have no place values. This means that they can only deal with whole numbers and do simple equations. Roman numerals also have no number zero.
He wrote a book on algebra named Al-Jabr Wal' Muqibla. In this book, he introduced his own number system and also introduced Arabic numerals. His books were translated into Greek and Latin. They named his books "So said Algorizmi". The word "algorithm" is derived from the word Algorizmi. The word algebra comes from the word al-jabr that is at the beginning of the title of the book. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi worked at the House of Wisdom, where people worked on translating scientific works.
Images for kids
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A page from al-Khwārizmī's Algebra
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Algorists vs. abacists, depicted in a sketch from 1508 CE
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Page from Corpus Christi College MS 283. A Latin translation of al-Khwārizmī's Zīj.
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Daunicht's reconstruction of the section of al-Khwārizmī's world map concerning the Indian Ocean.
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A 15th-century version of Ptolemy's Geography for comparison.
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Earliest extant map of the Nile, in al-Khwārazmī's Kitāb ṣūrat al- arḍ
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A stamp issued 6 September 1983 in the Soviet Union, commemorating al-Khwārizmī's (approximate) 1200th birthday.
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Statue of Al-Khwārizmī in Uzbekistan.
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See also
In Spanish: Al-Juarismi para niños
