Khayyam's algebra treatise

رسالة الخيام في الجبر

c. 1070 CE · c. 462 AH† – c. 1070 CE · c. 462 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Nishapur

About 1070 Umar Khayyam composed his treatise on the demonstration of problems of algebra, solving cubic equations with conic sections 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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106010701080 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Nishapur

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Umar Khayyam
Occurred at
Nishapur

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Umar Khayyam· Nishapur· The Bayhaqiyya Madrasa of Nishapur· The Sa'diyya Madrasa of Nishapur· Qasr al-Shadiyakh· Battle of Nishapur (1038)· The Conquest of Naysabur· Jaʿda ibn Hubayra's Khurāsān mission and Naysābūr's defiance (37 AH)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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Umar Khayyam

A mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and poet. Little is known of his life.