Person: Al-Samawal

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Al-Samawal was an Islamic mathematician who was able to extend the arithmetic operations to handle polynomials. He used an early form of induction.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born about 1130, Baghdad, Iraq. Died about 1180, Maragha, Iran.

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Ancient Arab, Ancient Babylonian, Astronomy, Origin Iraq, Special Numbers And Numerals

Epochs: 1


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive