Al-Karaji

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Al-Karaji was a pioneering medieval Persian mathematician known for advancing algebra, developing early forms of mathematical induction, and contributing significantly to the theory of polynomials and binomial coefficients.

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Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Karaji 1
Al-Karaji canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian mathematician ⓘ
author ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
medieval mathematician ⓘ
activeIn Baghdad ⓘ
alternativeName Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Karaji ⓘ
linked to: Al-Karaji

al-Karkhi ⓘ
approximateFloruit early 11th century ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
birthPlace Karaj ⓘ
near Tehran ⓘ
citizenship Persia ⓘ
contribution description of techniques for constructing and maintaining qanats ⓘ
general rules for operations on polynomials of arbitrary degree ⓘ
results related to sums of integer powers ⓘ
use of recursive arguments akin to mathematical induction ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
fieldOfWork algebra ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
hydrology ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
influenced development of algebra in the Islamic world ⓘ
later Islamic mathematicians ⓘ
influencedBy al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Khwarizmi

earlier Islamic algebraists ⓘ
knownFor early use of mathematical induction ⓘ
separation of algebra from geometry ⓘ
systematic theory of algebraic polynomials ⓘ
treatise on underground water and qanats ⓘ
work on binomial coefficients ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
nameInArabic أبو بكر محمد بن الحسن الكرجي ⓘ
notableWork Al-Badi fi’l-hisab ⓘ
Al-Fakhri fi al-jabr wa al-muqabala ⓘ
Inbat al-miyah al-khafiya ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
workSubject algebraic operations on polynomials ⓘ
arithmetic of integers and fractions ⓘ
binomial expansions ⓘ
combinatorial coefficients ⓘ
methods for extracting roots ⓘ
rules for powers and exponents ⓘ
underground water engineering ⓘ

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Islamic mathematics → majorFigure → Al-Karaji ⓘ
Al-Karaji → alternativeName → Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Karaji ⓘ
linked to: Al-Karaji