1. Biography Of Abu Kamil Virtually no biographical information is available on Abu Kamil, who lived between the years 850 and S.v. " abu kamil shuja ibn Aslam Ibn Muhammad Ibn Shuja" by Martin Levey http://www.lib.virginia.edu/science/parshall/kamil.html

Biography of Abu Kamil Virtually no biographical information is available on Abu Kamil, who lived between the years 850 and 930. MAIN DOCUMENT CONTENTS FIRST MENTION To return to place in document from which you came, click on your browser's BACK BUTTON. Selected Biographical References Gillispie, Charles C. ed. The Dictionary of Scientific Biography , 16 vols. 2 supps. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970-1990. S.v. "Abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam Ibn Muhammad Ibn Shuja" by Martin Levey.

2. AMU CHMA NEWSLETTER #23 (06/25/99) Volume 23 abu kamil shuja' ibn Aslam (3rd/9th cent Gustavo Sacerdote Il trattato del pentagono e del decagono di Abu Kamil Shogia' ben Aslam ben Mohamed http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amu_chma_23.html

AMUCHMA-NEWSLETTER-23 Chairman: Paulus Gerdes (Mozambique) Secretary: Ahmed Djebbar (Algeria) Members: Kgomotso Garegae-Garekwe (Botswana), Maassouma Kazim (Egypt), Cornelio Abungu (Kenya), Ahmedou Haouba (Mauritania), Mohamed Aballagh (Morocco), Ruben Ayeni (Nigeria), Abdoulaye Kane (Senegal), David Mosimege (South Africa), Mohamed Souissi (Tunisia), David Mtwetwa (Zimbabwe) TABLE OF CONTENTS Objectives of AMUCHMA Meetings, exhibitions, events Current Research Interests Notes and queries ... Have you read? - 2nd web page Announcements - 2nd web page Addresses of scholars and institutions mentioned in this newsletter - 2nd web page New recipients - 2nd web page Suggestions Do you want to receive the next AMUCHMA-Newsletter AMUCHMA-NEWSLETTER website back to AMUCHMA ONLINE 2. MEETINGS, EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS 2.1 CIMPA School on the History of Mathematics (cf. AMUCHMA 21:7 The International Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics (CIMPA) organised, in collaboration with Unesco-Egypt, from January 23 to February 3, 1999 in Mansurah (Egypt) a school on the History of Mathematics in the Mediterrenean from Antiquity to the 18th century . Claude Lobry and Roshdi Rashed coordinated the school. There were fifty-four participants (21 Egyptians, 12 Lebanese, 4 Moroccans, 2 Algerians, 2 Tunisians, 8 French, 2 Italians, 2 Indians, 1 Thai). The lectures were given at the faculty of Sciences of the El-Mansurah University. The following themes were presented:

3. Abu_Kamil abu kamil shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja. abu kamil shuja is sometimesknown as alHasib al-Misri, meaning the calculator from Egypt. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Abu_Kamil.html

Abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja Born: about 850 in (possibly) Egypt Died: about 930 Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Abu Kamil Shuja is sometimes known as al-Hasib al-Misri, meaning the calculator from Egypt. Very little is known about Abu Kamil's life - perhaps even this is an exaggeration and it would be more honest to say that we have no biographical details at all except that he came from Egypt and we know his dates with a fair degree of certainty. The Fihrist (Index) was a work compiled by the bookseller Ibn an-Nadim around 988. It gives a full account of the Arabic literature which was available in the 10 th century and it describes briefly some of the authors of this literature. The Fihrist includes a reference to Abu Kamil and among his works listed there are: (i) Book of fortune, (ii) Book of the key to fortune, (iii) Book on algebra, (vi) Book on surveying and geometry, (v) Book of the adequate, (vi) Book on omens, (vii) Book of the kernel

4. Abu_Kamil Biography of abu kamil shuja (850930) abu kamil shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja abu kamil shuja is sometimes known as al-Hasib al-Misri, meaning the calculator from Egypt http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Abu_Kamil.html

Abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja Born: about 850 in (possibly) Egypt Died: about 930 Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Abu Kamil Shuja is sometimes known as al-Hasib al-Misri, meaning the calculator from Egypt. Very little is known about Abu Kamil's life - perhaps even this is an exaggeration and it would be more honest to say that we have no biographical details at all except that he came from Egypt and we know his dates with a fair degree of certainty. The Fihrist (Index) was a work compiled by the bookseller Ibn an-Nadim around 988. It gives a full account of the Arabic literature which was available in the 10 th century and it describes briefly some of the authors of this literature. The Fihrist includes a reference to Abu Kamil and among his works listed there are: (i) Book of fortune, (ii) Book of the key to fortune, (iii) Book on algebra, (vi) Book on surveying and geometry, (v) Book of the adequate, (vi) Book on omens, (vii) Book of the kernel

5. References For Abu_Kamil References for abu kamil shuja. Books W Hartner, abu kamil shuja, Encylopedia ofIslam (Leiden, 1960). M Levey, The Algebra of Abu Kamil (Madison, 1966). http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/References/Abu_Kamil.html

References for Abu Kamil Shuja Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). Books: W Hartner, Abu Kamil Shuja, Encylopedia of Islam (Leiden, 1960). M Levey, The "Algebra" of Abu Kamil (Madison, 1966). R Rashed, The development of Arabic mathematics : between arithmetic and algebra (London, 1994). R Rashed, (Paris, 1984). Articles: M Levey, Some notes on the algebra of Abu Kamil Shuja, a fusion of Babylonian and Greek algebra, Enseignement Math. R Lorch, Abu Kamil on the pentagon and decagon, Vestigia mathematica P Schub and M Levey, Indeterminate problems of Abu Kamil (850-930), Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Natur. Sez. Ia J Sesiano, Le Kitab al-Misaha d'Abu Kamil, Centaurus Vestigia mathematica (Amsterdam, 1993), 315-452. Centaurus S Shalhub, The calculations and algebra of abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam and his effects on the work of al-Karaji and on the work of Leonardo Fibonacci (Arabic), in (Tunis, 1990), A23-A39. M Yadegari, The use of mathematical induction by Abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam (850-930), Isis Main index Birthplace Maps Biographies Index History Topics ... Societies, honours, etc.

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9. The Time Of Al-razi Muslim, and there were at least two very distinguished mathematicians, Abu Kamil and Ibrahim ibn Sinan ABU KAMIL. abu kamil shuja ibn Aslam ibn Mohammed ibn Shuja alhasib al http://www.levity.com/alchemy/islam15.html

History of Islamic Science 4 Based on the book Introduction to the History of Science by George Sarton (provided with photos and portraits) Edited and prepared by Prof. Hamed A. Ead These pages are edited by Prof. Hamed Abdel-reheem Ead, Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science -University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt and director of the Science Heritage Center E-mail: ead@frcu.eun.eg Web site: http://www.frcu.eun.eg/www/universities/html/hamed2.htm Back to Islamic Alchemy The Time of Al-Mas'udi First Half of Tenth Century The overwhelming superiority of Muslim culture continued to be felt throughout the tenth century. Indeed, it was felt more strongly than over, not only the foremost men of science were Muslims, but also because cultural influences are essentially cumulative. By the beginning, or at any rate by the middle of the century, the excellence of muslim science was already so well established, even in the West, that each new arabic work benefited to some extent by the prestige pertaining to all. To be sure, other languages, such as Latin, Greek, or Hebrew were also used by scholars, but the works written in those languages contained nothing new, and in the field of science, as in any other, when one ceases to go forward, one already begins to go backward. All the new discoveries and the new thoughts were published in arabic. strangely enough, the language of the Qur'an had thus become the international vehicle of scientific progress. The development of Muslim culture was fostere in Spain by the eighth Umayyad caliph of the west, Abd al-Rahman II, the advances of Muslim science continued to take place almost extensively in the east.

10. Abu_Kamil abu kamil shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja. abu kamil shuja is sometimesknown as al Hasib and he worked on integer solutions of equations. http://intranet.woodvillehs.sa.edu.au/pages/resources/maths/History/bKml.htm

Abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja Born: about 850 in (possibly) Egypt Died: about 930 Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Welcome page Abu Kamil Shuja is sometimes known as al'Hasib and he worked on integer solutions of equations. He also gave the solution of a fourth degree equation and of a quadratic equation with irrational coefficients. Abu Kamil's work was the basis of Fibonacci 's books. He lived later than al'Khwarizmi and his biggest advance was in the use of irrational coefficients. References (11 books/articles) Other Web sites: University of Virginia, USA Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Welcome page History Topics Index Famous curves index ... Search Suggestions JOC/EFR December 1996 The URL of this page is: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Abu_Kamil.html

11. No Title Other Arab mathematicians. abu kamil shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja abu kamil shuja is sometimes known as al'Hasib and he worked on integer solutions of equations http://www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/history/arab/arab.html

Next: About this document Arab Contributions Within a century of Muhammad's conquest of Mecca, Islamic armies conquered lands from northern Africa, southern Europe, through the Middle East and east up to India. Within a century of that the Caliphate split up into several parts. The eastern segment, under the Abbasid caliphs, became a center of growth, of luxury, and of peace. In 766 the caliph al-Mansur founded his capitol in Baghdad and the caliph Harun al-Rashid, established a library. The stage was set for his successor, Al-Ma'mum. In the 9 century Al-Ma'mum established Baghdad as the new center of wisdom and learning. He establihed a research institute, the Bayt al-Hikma (House of Wisdom), which would last more than 200 years. Al-Ma'mum was responsible for a large scale translation project of as many ancient works as could be found. Greek manuscripts were obtained through treaties. By the end of the century, the major works of the Greeks had been translated. In addition, they learned the mathematics of the Babylonnians and the Hindus. What follows is a brief introduction to a few of the more prominent Arab mathematicians, and a sample of their work

12. References For Abu_Kamil References for the biography of abu kamil shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibnShuja. References for abu kamil shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja. http://intranet.woodvillehs.sa.edu.au/pages/resources/maths/History/~DZ5663.htm

References for Abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). Books: W Hartner, Abu Kamil Shuja, Encylopedia of Islam (Leiden, 1960). M Levey, The Algebra of Abu Kamil (Madison, 1966). Articles: M Levey, Some notes on the algebra of Abu Kamil Shuja', a fusion of Babylonian and Greek algebra, Enseignement Math. R Lorch, Abu Kamil on the pentagon and decagon, Vestigia mathematica P Schub and M Levey, Indeterminate problems of Abu Kamil (850-930), Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Natur. Sez. Ia J Sesiano, Le Kitab al-Misaha d'Abu Kamil, Centaurus Vestigia mathematica (Amsterdam, 1993), 315-452. Centaurus S Shalhub, The calculations and algebra of abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam and his effects on the work of al-Karaji and on the work of Leonardo Fibonacci (Arabic), in (Tunis, 1990), A23-A39. M Yadegari, The use of mathematical induction by Abu Kamil Shuja` ibn Aslam (850-930), Isis Close this window or click this link to go back to Abu Kamil Welcome page Biographies Index History Topics Index Famous curves index ... Search Suggestions JOC/EFR December 1996 The URL of this page is: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/References/Abu_Kamil.html

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14. Islamic Mathematics And Mathematicians ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja (c. 850 930)abu kamil shuja, an Egyptian sometimes known equations with irrational coefficients. Abu Kamils work was the basis of Fibonaccis http://distance-ed.math.tamu.edu/Math629/islamic/arab.pdf

15. Nedir.antoloji.com abu kamil shuja (abu kamil shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja) Misir da hesapmakinasi anlamina gelen Al Hasib ve Al Misri isimleriyle de bilinir http://www.antoloji.com/nedir/g.asp?terim=4065

16. The Time Of Al-razi H. Suter Mathematiker (49, 211, 1900; 165, 1902). ABU KAMIL abu kamil shuja ibnAslam ibn Mohammed ibn Shuja alhasib al-Misri, ie, the Egyptian calculator. http://www.alchemywebsite.com/islam15.html

This is the mirror of the alchemy web site www.levity.com/alchemy History of Islamic Science 4 Based on the book Introduction to the History of Science by George Sarton (provided with photos and portraits) Edited and prepared by Prof. Hamed A. Ead These pages are edited by Prof. Hamed Abdel-reheem Ead, Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science -University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt and director of the Science Heritage Center E-mail: ead@frcu.eun.eg Web site: http://www.frcu.eun.eg/www/universities/html/hamed2.htm Back to Islamic Alchemy The Time of Al-Mas'udi First Half of Tenth Century The overwhelming superiority of Muslim culture continued to be felt throughout the tenth century. Indeed, it was felt more strongly than over, not only the foremost men of science were Muslims, but also because cultural influences are essentially cumulative. By the beginning, or at any rate by the middle of the century, the excellence of muslim science was already so well established, even in the West, that each new arabic work benefited to some extent by the prestige pertaining to all. To be sure, other languages, such as Latin, Greek, or Hebrew were also used by scholars, but the works written in those languages contained nothing new, and in the field of science, as in any other, when one ceases to go forward, one already begins to go backward. All the new discoveries and the new thoughts were published in arabic. strangely enough, the language of the Qur'an had thus become the international vehicle of scientific progress.

17. ABU KAMIL SHUJA IBN ASLAM (in MARION) abu kamil shuja IBN ASLAM. Records 1 to 2 of 2. abu kamil shuja` ibn Aslam.Die algebra des Abu Kamil Soga ben Aslam übers. von Josef Weinberg. http://js-catalog.cpl.org:60100/MARION?A=ABU KAMIL SHUJA IBN ASLAM

18. Egypt Math Web Sites He was also quoted by Bradwardine, Jordanus and Pacioli. 3 abu kamil shujaibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja Born about 850 in (possibly) Egypt. http://showcase.netins.net/web/rmozzer/Egypt.html

Egypt math web sites Serenus Born: about 300 in Antinoupolis, Egypt Died: about 360. Serenus wrote On the Section of a Cylinder and On the Section of a Cone . He also wrote a commentry on Apollonius's Conics which is lost. Ahmed ibn Yusuf Born: 835 in Baghdad (now in Iraq) Died: 912 in Cairo, Egypt. Ahmed ibn Yusuf wrote on ratio and proportion and it was translated into Latin by Gherard of Cremona. The book is largely a commentary on, and expansion of, Book 5 of Euclid's Elements . Ahmed ibn Yusuf also gave methods to solve tax problems which appear in Fibonacci's Liber Abaci . He was also quoted by Bradwardine, Jordanus and Pacioli. Abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja Born: about 850 in (possibly) Egypt. Died: about 930. Abu Kamil Shuja is sometimes known as al'Hasib and he worked on integer solutions of equations. He also gave the solution of a fourth degree equation and of a quadratic equation with irrational coefficients. Abu Kamil's work was the basis of Fibonacci's books. He lived later than al'Khwarizmi and his biggest advance was in the use of irrational coefficients. Theon of Alexandria Born: about 335 in (possibly) Alexandria, Egypt. Died: about 395. Theon was the father of Hypatia and worked in Alexandria as a professor of mathematics and astronomy. He produced commentaries on many works such as Ptolemy's Almagest and works of Euclid. Theon was a competent but unoriginal mathematician. Theon's version of Euclid's Elements (with textual changes and some additions) was the only Greek text of the Elements known, until an earlier one was discovered in the Vatican in the late 19

19. Mathem_abbrev Abbe, Ernst Abel, Niels Henrik Abraham bar Hiyya abu kamil shuja Abu Jafar, al_KhazinAbu lWafa al-Buzjani Adams, John Couch Adelard of Bath Agnesi, Maria http://www.pbcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/domnitcj/mgf1107/mathrep1.htm

Mathematician Report Index Below is a list of mathematicians. You may choose from this list or report on a mathematician not listed here. In either case, you must discuss with me the mathematician you have chosen prior to starting your report. No two students may write a report on the same mathematician. I would advise you to go to the library before choosing your topic as there might not be much information on the mathematician you have chosen. Also, you should determine the topic early in the term so that you can "lock-in" your report topic!! The report must include: 1. The name of the mathematician. 2. The years the mathematician was alive. 3. A biography. 4. The mathematician's major contribution(s) to mathematics and an explanation of the importance. 5. A historical perspective during the time the mathematician was alive. Some suggestions on the historical perspective might be: (a) Any wars etc. (b) Scientific breakthroughs of the time (c) Major discoveries of the time (d) How did this mathematician change history etc.

20. 6 . Colloques CHALHOUB, S. Algebraische methoden für die Lôsung von geometrischen Aufgaben beiabu kamil shujac ibn Aslam alHasib, special session of Section 3 islamic http://www.ashm.ass.dz/cahier8f/collo8f.htm

6 . Colloques 6. 1. XXe Congrés International d’histoire des Sciences (Liège, Belgique, 20-26/12/1997). Les communications suivantes liées à l’histoire des mathématiques arabes ont été présentés: ABALLAGH M. : L’influence des écrits mathématiquesd’Ibn al-Banna sur les mathématiciens égyptiens de l’empire ottoman, Symposium sur Science, Technology and Industry in the Ottoman World (SU7). (Org.) A. Djebbar et B. Ihsanoglu. ANSARI, S.M.R: The Mathematicien Family of Ahmad Mamar and their Works, Special session of Section 3: Islamic science and technology in Arabic-speaking countries, Central Asia and India, Org.S.M.P. Ansari. BAGHERI, M. : Discovery of a New Letterof al-Kashi, Symposium Science and Technology in anciens and medieval Iran, (Org.) J.P. Hogendijk et M. Bagheri. BELLOSTA, A.: Quelques lectures arabes des Données d’Euclide. Symposium sur The East and the West (S.M.19), Org.: A. Allard, R. Rashed et C. Sasaki. BEN MILED, A.M.: Le Livre X des Eléments d’Euclide dans la tradition arabe, Symposium sur The East and the West (S.M.), Org.: A. Allard, R. Rashed et C. Sasaki. BERGGREN, J.L.: Minor Geometrical Works of al-Kuhi: a Historical and Mathematical Survey, Symposium Science and Technology in ancient and medieval Iran, (Org.) J.P. Hogendijk and M. Bagheri.

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