Ibn al-Majdi
Shihāb al‐Dīn ibn al‐Majdī (Arabic: شهاب الدين بن المجدي; 1359–1447 CE) was an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer. His most important mathematical work was "Book of Substance", a voluminous commentary on the Summary of the Operations of Calculations by Ibn al-Banna'.[1]
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| Born | 1359 |
| Died | 27 January 1447 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Astronomer, Mathematician |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
References
- Chabert, Jean-Luc (1999). A History of Algorithms: From the Pebble to the Microchip. Springer. p. 497. ISBN 3540633693.
External links
- Charette, François (2007). "Ibn al‐Majdī: Shihāb al‐Dīn Abū al‐ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybughā al‐Majdī al‐Shāfiʿī". In Thomas Hockey; et al. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 561–2. ISBN 9780387310220. (PDF version)
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