Ibn Mu'adh al-Jayyani

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Al-Jayyānī
Born989
Iraq
Died1079
Jaén, Al-Andalus
Academic background
InfluencesEuclid, al-Khwarizmi
Academic work
EraIslamic Golden Age
Main interestsMathematics, Astronomy

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muʿādh al-Jayyānī[1] (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن معاذ الجياني; 989, Cordova, Al-Andalus – 1079, Jaén, Al-Andalus) was an Arab mathematician, Islamic scholar, and Qadi from Al-Andalus (in present-day Spain).[2] Al-Jayyānī wrote important commentaries on Euclid's Elements and he wrote the first known treatise on spherical trigonometry.

  1. ^ Latin forms include Abenmoat, Abumadh, Abhomadh, or Abumaad, corresponding to either Ibn Muʿādh or Abū ... Muʿādh.
  2. ^ Calvo 2007.