Ibrahim ibn Sinan

Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thābit ibn Qurra (born : 295-296 A.H/908 A.D in Baghdad, died : 334-335 A.H/ 946 A.D in Baghdad, aged 38) was a Syriac speaking Muslim from Harran in northern Mesopotamia/Assyria, the grandson of Thābit ibn Qurra.[1][2] He was mathematician and astronomer who studied geometry and in particular tangents to circles.[1][2] He also made advances in the quadrature of the parabola and the theory of integration, generalizing the work of Archimedes, which was unavailable at the time.[1][2] He is often referenced as one of the most important mathematicians of his time.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Van Brummelen, Glen (2007). "Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurra". In Thomas Hockey et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. p. 574. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. (PDF version)

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