Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician and astronomer (died 998)

Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani

Persian mathematician and astronomer (940–998)

Abū al-Wafāʾ Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Būzjānī or Abū al-Wafā Būzhjānī was a Persian mathematician and astronomer who worked in Baghdad. He made important innovations in spherical trigonometry, and his work on arithmetic for businessmen…

Mathematics in the medieval Islamic world

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Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world

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