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Islamic mathematics
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Mathematics in medieval Islam
The
history of mathematics
during the
Golden Age of Islam
, especially during the 9th and 10th centuries, building on
Greek mathematics
(
Euclid
,
Archimedes
,
Apollonius
) and
Indian mathematics
(
Aryabhata
,
Brahmagupta
), saw important developments, such as the full development of the decimal
place-value system
to include
decimal fractions
, the first systematised study of
algebra
(named for
the work
of scholar
Al-Kwarizmi
), and advances in
geometry
and
trigonometry
. Arabic works also played an important role in the transmission of mathematics to Europe during the 10th to 12th centuries.
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