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Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi al-Azdi also known as
Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Azdi. (
Arabic: ابن البنّا) [29)December
1256 – c.
1321] was an
Arab mathematician and
astronomer. The
Al-Marrakushi crater, on the
Moon, is named after him.
Biography
Al-Banna, the son of an architect, was born in
Marrakesh in
1256.
Having learned basic mathematical and geometrical skills he proceeded to translate
Euclid's
Elements into
Arabic.
Al-Banna wrote between 51 to 74 treatises, encompassing such varied topics as
Algebra,
Astronomy,
Linguistics,
Rhetoric, and
Logic. One of his works, called
Talkhis amal al-hisab (Arabic, تلخيص عمل الحساب ) (Summary of arithmetical operations), includes topics such as fractions, sums of squares and cubes etc. Another, called
Tanbih al-Albab, covers topics related to:
- calculations regarding the drop in irrigation canal levels,
- arithmetical explanation of the Muslim laws of inheritance
- determination of the hour of the Asr prayer,
- explanation of frauds linked to instruments of measurement,
- enumeration of delayed prayers which have to be said in a precise order,and
- calculation of legal tax in the case of a delayed payment
Yet another work by al-Banna was
Raf al-Hijab (Lifting the Veil) which included topics such as computing
square roots of a number and theory of
continued fractions.
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