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The Role of Religion in the Development of Mathematical Sciences in Medieval Islamic Civilization

The rise of Islamic Civilization was one of the major…

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The Role of Mathematics and Geometry in Formation of Persian Architecture

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New Results In The Research On Some Mathematical Works Of Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi

The article analyses the mathematical contents of four texts by…

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The Story of Mathematics

During the Cheltenham Science Festival from 6 - 11 June…

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World Math Days and Month

As the world celebrates World Maths and Pi Day on…

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BBC Travel: Where algebra got its name from

Amazing snapshots from Khiva (formally known as Khawarizm) in Uzbekistan.…

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Muslim Founders of Mathematics

The 7th to the 13th century was the golden age…

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‘Umar al-Khayyam (Omar Khayyam)

‘Umar al-Khayyam (better known as Omar Khayyam, 1048-1123 CE), was…

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Significant Ottoman Mathematicians and their Works

This article aims to give an overview of the formation…

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Kerala Mathematics and Its Possible Transmission to Europe

The Kerala School of astronomy and mathematics was an Indian…

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Numbers, Numbers

Amicable number, perfect numbers, deficient numbers, abundant numbers, studying numbers…

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New Discoveries in the Islamic Complex of Mathematics, Architecture and Art

The complex of disciplines composed of mathematics, architecture and art…

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The Volume of the Sphere in Arabic Mathematics: Historical and Analytical Survey

The following article focuses on the cubic measure of the…

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Ahmad Salim Sa‘idan: A Palestinian Historian of Arabic Mathematics

Since the middle of the 20th century, the history of…

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Logical Necessities in Mixed Equations: ‘Abd Al-Hamîd Ibn Turk and the Algebra of his Time

The famed Muslim scholar Al-Kwarazmi has long been known as…

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Vidinli Huseyin Tawfik: A Modern Turkish Specialist of Linear Algebra

This article is a biography essay on the life and…

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Glimpses in the History of a Great Number: Pi in Arabic Mathematics

The Greek letter pi (symbolized by π) is defined as…

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Mathematics in the Medieval Maghrib: General Survey on Mathematical Activities in North Africa

In this important article, Professor Ahmed Djebbar, the renowned scholar…

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Taqi al Din Ibn Ma’ruf ‘s Work on Extracting the Cord 2o and Sin 1o

This article by Professor Sevim Tekeli, a leading historian of…

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Nasuh Al-Matrakî, A Noteworthy Ottoman Artist-Mathematician of the Sixteenth Century

Matrakci Nasuh was a famous Ottoman polymath, writer and knight…

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Sinan’s Acoustical Technology

This article gives the the results of a research project…

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Al-Hassâr’s Kitâb al-Bayân and the Transmission of the Hindu-Arabic Numerals

This article was a talk given at the 7th Maghrebi…

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Sine, Cosine and the Measurement of the Earth

Mathematics has long been an area of expertise amongst Muslim…

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Mathematics in Muslim Heritage

Early mathematics was revolutionised by Muslim scholars like Al-Khwarizmi, the…

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The Science of Restoring and Balancing – The Science of Algebra

Muslim contributions in the field of mathematics have been both…

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Contribution of Al-Khwarizmi to Mathematics and Geography

Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi is one of the greatest scientific…

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Al-Khwarizmi, Abdu’l-Hamid Ibn Turk and the Place of Central Asia in the History of Science

Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn Mûsâ al-Khwârazmî is a truly outstanding…

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Decimal Arithmetic

The introduction of Arabic numbers into Europe involved more than…

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Hail the Queen of Mathematics!

In today's world what Friedrich Gauss called the queen of…

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The Scholars of Seville – Mathematics and Astronomy

In Seville, scholars led the science of astronomy, criticising earlier…

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Leonard of Pisa (Fibonacci) and Arabic Arithmetic

Professor Charles Burnett shows that Fibonacci failed to give adequate…

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Al-Kindi, Cryptography, Code Breaking and Ciphers

Cryptography paved the way for the development of arguably humanity's…

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