LC control no. | n 84804664 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Abū Kāmil Shujāʻ ibn Aslam |
Variant(s) | Shujāʻ ibn Aslam Hāsib al-Misrī, Abū Kāmil Shujāʻ ibn Aslam أبو كامل شجاع بن أسلم |
Associated country | Egypt |
Birth date | 0850 |
Death date | 0930 |
Profession or occupation | Mathematicians |
Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
Found in | LCCN 65-12107: His The algebra of Abū Kāmil, 1966 (hdg.: Abū Kāmil Shujāʻ ibn Aslam; usage: Abū Kāmil) LC authority card (hdg.: Abū Kāmil Shujāʻ ibn Aslam; usage: Abū Kāmil; Abū Kāmil Shujāʻ ibn Aslam ibn Muḥammad ibn Shujāʻ; Abū Kāmil Shudjāʻ b. Aslam; Šu̇ǧāʻ b. Aslam b.M.b.; Šuǧāʻ a. Kāmil al-Miṣrī; Shujāʻ ibn Aslam) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed October 16, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Abu, Kamil Shuja; al-Hasib al-Misri, the Egyptian Calculator; Abu Kamil Shuja' ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shuja; mathematician; born 850; a direct successor in the development of algebra to al-Khwarizmi; he is known primarily for his works in algebraic and numerical theories, of which three of the surviving texts are known to have formed important foundations in the development of algebraic systems: Algebra, On Measurement and Geometry, and Book of Rare Things in the Art of Calculation; died 930) |