Ibrahim ibn Sinan
Ibrahim ibn Sinan | |
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| Born | c. 908 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq |
| Died | 946 |
| Occupation(s) | Astronomer, mathematician |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
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Ibrahim ibn Sinan (
Sabians of Harran.[2]
Ibrahim ibn Sinan studied
quadrature of the parabola and the theory of integration, generalizing the work of Archimedes, which was unavailable at the time.[1][3] Ibrahim ibn Sinan is often considered to be one of the most important mathematicians of his time.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Van Brummelen 2007, p. 574.
- ^ Roberts 2017, p. 253.
- ^ a b O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
Sources
- Roberts, Alexandre M. (2017). "Being a Sabian at Court in Tenth-Century Baghdad". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 137 (2): 253–277. doi:10.17613/M6GB8Z.
- Van Brummelen, Glen (2007). "Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurra". In Hockey, Thomas; et al. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. p. 574. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. (PDF version)
Further reading
- Rashed, Roshdi (1996). Les Mathématiques Infinitésimales du IXe au XIe Siècle 1: Fondateurs et commentateurs: Banū Mūsā, Ibn Qurra, Ibn Sīnān, al-Khāzin, al-Qūhī, Ibn al-Samḥ, Ibn Hūd. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Reviews: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1998) in Isis 89 (1) pp. 112-113; Charles Burnett (1998) in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 61 (2) p. 406. - Rashed, Roshdi (2008) [1970-80]. "Ibrahim Ibn Sinan". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Encyclopedia.com.
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