Sharaf al-Din al-Tusi

Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī
Born
Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-Ṭūsī

c. 1135
Tus, present-day Iran
Diedc. 1213
OccupationMathematician
EraIslamic Golden Age

Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-Ṭūsī (Persian: شرف‌الدین مظفر بن محمد بن مظفر توسی; c. 1135 Tus, Iranc. 1213 Iran)[1] known more often as Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī or Sharaf ad-Dīn aṭ-Ṭūsī,[2] was an Iranian mathematician and astronomer of the Islamic Golden Age (during the Middle Ages).[3][4]

  1. ^ Brummelen, Glen van (2007). "Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī". In Hockey, Thomas; et al. (eds.). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. p. 1051. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1268. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  2. ^ "Sharaf ad-Dīn aṭ-Ṭūsī". zbMATH Open (Author Profile). Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  3. ^ Smith 1997a, p. 75, "This was invented by Iranian mathematician Sharaf al-Din al-Tusi (d. ca. 1213), and was known as 'Al-Tusi's cane'"
  4. ^ Nasehpour 2018.