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Ibrahim ibn Sinan

Ibrahim ibn Sinan
Born 908
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, now Iraq
Died 946 (aged 38)
Occupation Astronomer, mathematician
Era Medieval
Parent(s)
  • Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra (father)

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. He was mathematician and astronomer who studied geometry and in particular tangents to circles. 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. He is often referenced as one of the most important mathematicians of his time.


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