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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
BibliographyWebsites:"Al Khwarizmi Biography."biographybase.com.
September 1,2010.
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Al_Khwarizmi.html
"Mohammed ibn-Musa Al-Khwarizmi.”www2.cs.uh.edu. September 1,2010.
http://www2.cs.uh.edu/~cwu/COSC/wireless/Al.pdfBook:Richard Mankiewicz. The Story of Mathematics.
United States: Princeton University Press.