Person: Thabit Ibn Qurra, Al-Sabi

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Thabit ibn Qurra was an important Islamic mathematician who worked on number theory, astronomy and statics.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 836, Harran, Mesopotamia (now Turkey). Died 18 February 901, Baghdad, (now in Iraq).

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Ancient Arab, Ancient Greek, Astronomy, Origin Turkey, Number Theory, Special Numbers And Numerals


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