List of Muslim mathematicians
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- This is a sub-article to Muslim scientists and a parallel article to Islamic mathematics.
A Muslim mathematician is a person that professes Islam and engaged in the mathematicians aspect of Islamic science.
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- al-Samawal-12th century
- Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi-10th century wrote about decimal notation.[1]
- Ghiyath al-Kashi(1380 – 1429)-His calculation of pi is said to be more accurate than any before Ludolph van Ceulen.[2]
- Abu Kamil,(c.850-930) - wrote on algebra[3]
- Kuhi-10th century geometer.[4]
- Al-Karaji(953 - 1029)
- Abu Nasr Mansur(c. 970 - 1036) - (Formulated a Law of sines)
- Ahmed ibn Yusuf(835 - 912) - worked on a book on ratio and proportion.
- Al-Jawhari-Ninth century mathematician who wrote Commentary on Euclid's Elements.
- Al-Khwarizmi-He wrote Al-Kitāb al-mukhtaṣar fī hīsāb al-ğabr wa’l-muqābala
- Al-Kindī(c. 801–873CE) - Geometry.
- Alhazen(965-1040) -Analytical geometry and other work,[5]
- Biruni-Contributions to Combinatorics, Rule of three, and geometry.[6]
- Lotfi Askar Zadeh, father of Fuzzy logic
- Nader Angha (September 30, 1945 - Present), Present master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi Sufi order, Mathematician, Physicist, inventor of Muon Radiation Therapy
- Omar Khayyám, poet, mathematician, and astronomer
- Sadegh Angha (February 4, 1916 - November 17, 1980), 41st master of the Oveyssi Sufi order, Mathematician, Astronomer, Author in regards to Alchemy, Weights and Balances, Particle Structure
- Ulugh Beg(1394 – October 27, 1449) - In math he worked on trigonometry and spherical geometry.[7]
