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'''' (; c. 953 – c. 1029) was a 10th-century Persian mathematician and engineer who flourished at Baghdad. He was born in Karaj, a city near Tehran. His three principal surviving works are mathematical: Al-Badi' fi'l-hisab (Wonderful on calculation), Al-Fakhri fi'l-jabr wa'l-muqabala (Glorious on algebra), and Al-Kafi fi'l-hisab (Sufficient on calculation'').

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Died
ca. 1016
Works
4

Top works

  • Kâfî fîl hîsab
  • L'estrazione delle acque nascoste
  • Extrait du Fakhrî
  • Kitāb inbāṭ al-miyāh al-khafīyah
  • al- Kāfī fī al-ḥisāb

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1946-04-13

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Key facts

Philosopher.name
Abū Bakr al-Karajī
Philosopher.native_name
ابو بکر محمد بن الحسن الکرجی
Philosopher.native_name_lang
fa
Philosopher.caption
Diagrams from Al-Karaji's work on "hidden waters"
Philosopher.image
Muhammad al karaji 01.jpg
Philosopher.birth_date
953
Philosopher.birth_place
Karaj, Persia
Philosopher.main_interests
Mathematics, Engineering

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Muhammad
Gender
male
Place of birth
Karkh
Occupation
mathematician
Languages spoken
Arabic
Image
Muhammad al karaji 01.jpg
Residence
Baghdad
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date of birth
0953-04-13
date of death
1029-00-00
Commons category
Al-Karaji
name in native language
بوبکر محمد بن حسن کرجیا
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WikiProject Mathematics
Sources (5)

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Encyclopedic overview

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'''' (; c. 953 – c. 1029) was a 10th-century Persian mathematician and engineer who flourished at Baghdad. He was born in Karaj, a city near Tehran. His three principal surviving works are mathematical: Al-Badi' fi'l-hisab (Wonderful on calculation), Al-Fakhri fi'l-jabr wa'l-muqabala (Glorious on algebra), and Al-Kafi fi'l-hisab (Sufficient on calculation).

== Work ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Karaji” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.