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    Abū al-Wafāʾ Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Būzjānī or Abū al-Wafā Būzhjānī (Persian: ابو الوفا بوژگانی, Arabic: ابو الوفا...
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    one of the famous Muslim astronomers who appeared after Al-Battani and Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, and he was perhaps the greatest astronomer of his time...
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  • 922) Al-Battani (d. 929) Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin (d. 971) Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi (d. 986) Al-Saghani (d. 990) Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī (d. 998) Abu Al-Fadl...
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    trigonometry called Sphaerica, and the earlier Muslim mathematicians Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī and Al-Jayyani. In his On the Sector Figure, appears the famous Sine...
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  • with three unknown variables. Al-Karaji (953–1029), also known as Al-Karkhi, was the successor of Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī (940–998) and he discovered the...
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    al-Karaji wrote in his al-Fakhrī that "negative quantities must be counted as terms". In the 10th century, Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī considered debts as negative...
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    Wafa is an impact crater located near the lunar equator on the far side of the Moon, named after the Persian mathematician and astronomer Abu al-Wafa'...
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    Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi produced the first table of cotangents. By the 10th century AD, in the work of Persian mathematician Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī, all...
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  • (Kuhi), Abu-Mahmud Khujandi, Abu Nasr Mansur, Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Ali Ibn Isa, Al-Karaji (al-Karkhi), Ibn al-Haytham (Book of Optics)...
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    mathematicians who included Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī and then also by Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muadh Al-Jayyani who worked in al-Andalus during the 11th century...
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  • uncertain who discovers it first between Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi, Abu Nasr Mansur, and Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani. c. 1000 – Pope Sylvester II introduces the...
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    resolved the difficulties identified by Ibn al-Haytham. In 1070, Abu Ubayd al-Juzjani published the Tarik al-Aflak, in which he discussed the issues arising...
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    attributed variously to Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and Abu Nasr Mansur, with Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani as a contributor. Ibn Muʿādh al-Jayyānī's The book...
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    the 10th century AD, in the work of Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī, all six trigonometric functions were used. Abu al-Wafa had sine tables in 0.25° increments...
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  • (Kuhi), Abu-Mahmud Khujandi, Abu Nasr Mansur, Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Ali Ibn Isa, Al-Karaji (al-Karkhi), Ibn al-Haytham (Book of Optics)...
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    dual dihedron. During the 10th Century, the Islamic scholar Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī (Abu'l Wafa) studied spherical polyhedra as part of a work on the geometry...
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    1061) Zeng Gongliang, Chinese scholar and writer (d. 1078) July 15 – Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician (b. 940) July 19 – Damian Dalassenos, Byzantine...
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  • province of Jam (Zam). Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, one of the most important Persian astronomers and mathematicians Abuzar Buzjani, Persian poet 35°10′N 60°44′E...
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    June 10 – Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician and astronomer (d. 998) Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu, Syrian physician and scientist (d. 1058) Abu-Mahmud...
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  • Abbot Niels Henrik Abel Antonio Abetti Giorgio Abetti Abu Abdullah al-Bakri Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī Charles Hitchcock Adams John Couch Adams Walter Sydney...
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  • –1262/1265) Abu Nasr-e Mansur (c. 960–1036) Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin (900–971), mathematician and astronomer Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940–998), mathematician Abu al-Jud...
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  • Brahmagupta's identity, and the Brahmagupta theorem. 940 — Abu'l-Wafa al-Buzjani extracts roots using the Indian numeral system. 953 — The arithmetic...
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    is variously attributed to Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and Abu Nasr Mansur. Ibn Muʿādh al-Jayyānī's The book of unknown...
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  • with that meaning was used by, e.g., the astronomers Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī (died 998) and Abu al-Salt (died 1134). The word with the same meaning entered...
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    sufi and blacksmith Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri – (died 992) was a Muslim theologian and philosopher Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī – (10 June 940 – 15 July 998) was...
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    (Mohammad) Toosi Jaber Toosi Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī, 10 June 940 – 1 July 998; Persian mathematician and astronomer Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, 900–971; Persian astronomer...
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  • Al-Qa'im of Fatimid dynasty Al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah of Fatimid dynasty Al-Muti caliph of Baghdad 940 June 10 – Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician...
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  • the district as 20,976 inhabitants in 5,522 households. Astronomer Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani was born in the district. Iran portal OpenStreetMap contributors...
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  • 2012. Youschkevitch, A. P. (2008). "Abū'l-Wafāʾ Al-Būzjānī, Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Yaḥyā Ibn Ismāʿīl Ibn Al-ʿAbbās". Complete Dictionary of Scientific...
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    Regio in Almagestum Ptolomei, Latin, 1496 Almagestum, Latin, 1515 Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī (who also wrote an Almagest) Book of Fixed Stars Star cartography...
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