All about Muhammad

Al-Khwarizmi

A Presentation about Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi by

Helen Zhao

Who was Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi ?

• One of greatest mathematicians• Founder of basic concepts of

mathematics• Famous as an astronomer and

geographer• Recognized founder of Algebra

This is Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi

About His Life

• Born about A.D 790 near Baghdad• Died about A.D 850• Name indicates he was “Muhammed,

son of Moses, Father of Jafar, from Khwarizm”

• Modern Khiva, south of the Aral Sea in central Asia.

About His Life

• Acomplished most his work in the period between 813 and 833

• All his works written in Arabic

Famous Works

Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah

Famous Works

This is a page of a famous work called Kitab al-Tarikh

This is Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi’s Work

This is Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi’s solution

1. Squares equal to roots 10x2 = 20x

2. Squares equal to numbers 10x2 = 25

3. Roots equal to numbers 10x = 20

4. Squares and roots equal to numbers x2+10x = 39

5. Squares and numbers equal to roots x2+ 39 = 10x

6. Roots and numbers equal to squares 10x + 39 = x2

Rules that Al-Khwarizmi Made

Why Is he Important / Famous?

• Developed concept of algorithm in mathematics

• Discovered new ways of solving equations with algebra while keeping the problems simple

• His ways of working with quadratic equations were so popular that his book Al-Jabr was used as the principle mathematics at European universities until 16th century

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http://www2.cs.uh.edu/~cwu/COSC/wireless/Al.pdfBook:Richard Mankiewicz. The Story of Mathematics.

United States: Princeton University Press.