Iran Press/ Iran news: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780c-850c) was a Muslim mathematician and astronomer, who made significant contributions to the mathematical field, through his algebraic understanding he managed to revolutionize the way the world processed equations. He was born in a Persian family, but due to the proliferation of the Arabic language, all his work was in Arabic.
Al-Khwarizmi's works comprise the development of Algebra, geometric solutions, degree measurements, and trigonometric tables. The term algorithm is derived from this great mathematician’s name. His works on Algebra provided strong roots to this subject. His fundamental work entitled “The Book of Summary in the Process of Calculation for Compulsion and Equation” (Al-Kitab al-Mukhtasar fi Hisab al-Jabr wa’l-Muqabala) paved the way for the establishment of a mathematical branch of Algebra.
In this book of Al-Khawarazmi, for the first time the Arabic term of al-jabr meaning compulsion and also restoration was used. This Arabic term al-jabr used by al-Khawarazmi gave origin to the English/Latin word Algebra.
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