Mathematics during the Golden Age of Islam, especially during the 9th and 10th centuries, was built upon syntheses of Greek mathematics and Indian mathematics. Important developments of the period inc
A page from The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing by Al-Khwarizmi
Engraving of Abū Sahl al-Qūhī's perfect compass to draw conic sections
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Thābit ibn Qurra, was a scholar known for his work in mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and translation. He lived in Baghdad in the second half of the ninth century during the time of the Abbasid Cali
Pages from Thābit's Arabic translation of Apollonius' Conics