Person: Musa, Jafar Muhammad Banu

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Jafar Muhammad Banu Musa was one of the three Bana Musa brothers. He wrote about conics.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born about 800, Baghdad, Iraq. Died after 873, Iraq.

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Ancient Arab, Origin Iraq


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References

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