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Originally Posted by CraigS
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Just one of your run of the mill extremist mathematician groups like the Gaussists, Brahmaguptaists and al-Khwārizmīsts.
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Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī from the Middle East, came up with solutions to linear and quadratic equations (in about 825 AD) and it took until the 12th Century for Europe/England to catch up with his work .. these works also gave rise to the term 'Algebra' …. amazing and yet still fairly obscure stuff !
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The most important contribution from Arab mathematicians was the preservation of ancient Greek mathematics. While Western Europe sank into the dark ages, Greek knowledge was lost, only to be reintroduced back into Europe by Islamic conquest through Spain.
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There are many more little known facts, (from our Western civilisation perspective), presented in the Series, which makes it all the more fascinating.
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We are only familiar with western mathematicians through our Eurocentric viewpoint, yet some of the greatest mathematicians were from the East.
Regards
Steven