Medieval Islamic World: The Golden Age of Math

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What event marked the start of scientific progress in the Islamic World?

The establishment of the House of Wisdom

The translation of Greek and Indian books into Arabic

The synthesis of Greek, Indian, and Mesopotamian influences in mathematics

750 AD (correct)

What was the name of the large library established by the Abbasid Caliphs?

House of Wisdom (correct)

The Islamic Archive

Library of Alexandria

The Great Library of Baghdad

How many mathematicians from this era had their work survive until today?

Nearly 30

Nearly 20

Nearly 40

Nearly 50 (correct)

What was the nationality of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi?

Persian Signup and view all the answers

What were the four subjects on which Al-Khwarizmi wrote books?

Geography, Astronomy, Arithmetic, and Algebra Signup and view all the answers

When did Al-Khwarizmi become a librarian at the House of Wisdom?

After 810 AD Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician is credited with introducing the decimal positional number system to the Western world?

Al-Khwarizmi Signup and view all the answers

In which year did zero start being used in India?

876 AD Signup and view all the answers

Who commissioned Omar Khayyam to set up an observatory in Isfahan?

Malik-Shah Signup and view all the answers

What type of calendar did Omar Khayyam design?

Solar calendar Signup and view all the answers

Where was Omar Khayyam born?

Neyshabur, Persia Signup and view all the answers

What was Al-Khwarizmi's book on arithmetic originally written in?

Arabic Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's work in trigonometry?

It became an independent area of mathematics Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the book written by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi that contains astronomical tables of planetary movements?

Zij-i Ilkhani Signup and view all the answers

What was the title of Al-Khwarizmi's famous book that was translated into Latin in 1440?

The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing Signup and view all the answers

Where was Jamshid al-Kashi born in 1380?

Kashan, in central Iran Signup and view all the answers

What is the method used by al-Tusi to analyze cubic equations?

Discriminant, D, of polynomial Signup and view all the answers

What is the period during which Al-Khwarizmi's book was used as a textbook?

1500-1600 Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the method presented by Al-Khwarizmi for solving linear and quadratic equations?

The Algorithmic Approach Signup and view all the answers

Who founded an institute in Samarkand that became a prominent university?

Ulugh Beg Signup and view all the answers

What was the name of the Zij produced by Jamshid al-Kashi?

Khaqani Zij Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of the course taught by Deniz Karlı?

History of Mathematics Signup and view all the answers

What is the origin of the word 'Algebra'?

From the title of Al-Khwarizmi's book Signup and view all the answers

How many entries were there in the table of sinus values calculated by Al-Kashi?

5400 Signup and view all the answers

Up to how many decimal places did Al-Kashi calculate the number π?

16th decimal Signup and view all the answers

How many classes of quadratic equations did Al-Khwarizmi classify and provide solutions for?

6 Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the student of Sharaf al-Din al-Tusi who became a famous mathematician?

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the university that published the course 'History of Mathematics: The Golden Age of Islamic World & The Renaissance and Classical Era in Europe'?

Işik University Signup and view all the answers

How many years did Al-Kashi's record of calculating π stand before being broken?

200 years Signup and view all the answers

When was the concept of derivative properly defined?

400 years after al-Tusi's time Signup and view all the answers

Who computed the length of a year as 365.24219858156 years based on observation and measurement?

Omar Khayyam Signup and view all the answers

What type of approach did Omar Khayyam use to find the roots of 3rd degree polynomials?

Geometric approach using conic sections Signup and view all the answers

How many types of equations of degree at most two did Al-Tusi divide into?

12 types Signup and view all the answers

Where did Sharaf al-Din al-Tusi teach mathematics?

Damascus, Aleppo, Baghdad, and Mosul Signup and view all the answers

What is credited to Sharaf al-Din al-Tusi?

Proposing the idea of a function Signup and view all the answers

What type of polynomials did Omar Khayyam classify and find their roots?

3rd degree polynomials Signup and view all the answers

How many different types of equations of degree at most three did Al-Tusi divide into?

25 types Signup and view all the answers

Who observed that a cubic polynomial may have more than one root?