Abu_Kamil

Abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja

Born: about 850 in (possibly) Egypt
Died: about 930

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Abu Kamil Shuja is sometimes known as al'Hasib and he worked on integer solutions of equations. He also gave the solution of a fourth degree equation and of a quadratic equation with irrational coefficients.

Abu Kamil's work was the basis of Fibonacci's books. He lived later than al'Khwarizmi and his biggest advance was in the use of irrational coefficients.

References (11 books/articles)

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