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Mathematics. Al-Kindi authored works on a number of important mathematical subjects, including arithmetic, geometry, the Hindu numbers, the harmony of numbers, lines and multiplication with numbers, relative quantities, measuring proportion and time, and numerical procedures and cancellation. [10]
about 801. Kufa, Iraq. Died. 873. Baghdad, Iraq. Summary. Al-Kindi was an Islamic mathematician who wrote on the Indian mumber system as well as geometry and optics. Biography. Al-Kindi was born and brought up in Kufa, which was a centre for Arab culture and learning in the 9th century.
Dec 1, 2006 · al-Kindi. First published Fri Dec 1, 2006; substantive revision Thu Apr 25, 2024. Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi (ca. 800–870 CE) was the first self-identified philosopher in the Arabic tradition. He worked with a group of translators who rendered works of Aristotle, the Neoplatonists, and Greek mathematicians and scientists into Arabic.
Apr 25, 2019 · Abu Yusef Yaqoub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi ( (185-256 AH / 805-873 AD) ) is the father of Islamic Philosophy. He was also a scientist of high caliber a gifted Mathematician, astronomer, physician and a geographer as well as a talented musician.
al-Kindī (died c. 870) was the first outstanding Islamic philosopher, known as “the philosopher of the Arabs .” Al-Kindī was born of noble Arabic descent and flourished in Iraq under the Abbasid caliphs al-Maʾmūn (813–833) and al-Muʿtaṣim (833–842).
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In mathematics, he further developed, together with Al Khwarizmi, the Indian number system, and applied it to decimals. He made original contributions to spherical geometry and applied it to astronomy.
Abū-Yūsuf Ya’qūb ibn Ishāq al-Kindī (c. 801-873 C.E.) (Arabic: أبو يوسف يعقوب ابن إسحاق الكندي) (also known in the Western world by the Latinized version of his name, Alkindus) was known as the first Islamic philosopher, and also as a scientist, mathematician, physician, and a talented musician.
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