A library in Baghdad was established by the caliph Harun al Rashid (786-809) and books that were collected where translated in Arabic. Rashid successor , his son, Al Mamun (813-833) established a research institute call Bayt al Hikmat or House of wisdom; the institute lased 200 years. Despite being a center of learning, the House of wisdom was restricted by belief. Scholars were invited to the institute to translate work and conduct research. They translated many work by the end of the 9th century such as Euclid, Archimedes and other Greek Mathematicians. At the institute they also learn Babylonian mathematics.
Al Khwarizmi(~825) worte "The condensed book on calculations of al-jabra and al-muqabola.
Some now and then:
"al- jabra"====> "algebra
"Sunya"====>sifr===>Zephirum====> zero
sifr====> cifra===>?(guess)
Al Khwarizmi solved 6 types of equatioins
- square equal to roots (such as ax^2 = bx)
- square equal to numbers
- Roots equal to number
- squares and roots equal to numbers (ax^2 + bx = c)
- squares and numbers equal to roots
- roots and numbers equal to squares
This showed a move from concrete math to abstract math
Unanswered Question:
- How heavily was the House of
wisdom restricted by religion? Did it interfere with any mathematical
development?
Evaluation:
Interesting: 7
Quality: 8
Complexity: 5
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