Islamic Mathematics and Mathematicians

The first inheritors of the Greek mathematical heritage were the Arabs. Though they initially rejected every single aspect of the works of the peoples they conquered, they soon embraced the whole Greek world of knowledge. Without any direct instruction, they learned the ancient mathematics and in many areas improved it. However, as when a subject is adopted by a new culture, it is adapted to their own preferences and predilections. Those of the Islamic mathematician were toward numbers and algebra. Yet trigonometry and computation of tables cannot be omitted. One of the greatest contributors al-Khwarizmi, the often called `Father of Algebra.'

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