Al-Khawarizmi, Muhammad ibn Musa (780 - 850)

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was a Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer. He presented the first Arabic systematic solution to linear and quadratic equations and is considered one of the founders of algebra.


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Russia, 4k, 1983
Scott: 5176 A2478