2024-11-29 13:26:31
Algebra on which algorithms are based , were originally conceptualised in India by Indian mathematicians. Al Khwarizmi translated these concepts and brought them to the West . [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(17-0-16) Author
2024-11-29 13:36:43
The book “hisab al hind”, the one linked in the note’s sources, was written by Kushayr Ibn Labban in the 10th-11th century, NOT by Al-Khwarizmi, who lived in the 8th-9th century. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(7-0-5) Author
2024-11-29 19:48:43
The book "Hisab al-Hind" (The Arithmetic of the Indians) is attributed to the 9th-century Persian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi. This work introduced the Indian numeral system to the Islamic world and later to Europe, significantly influencing the development of arithmetic. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(10-0-2) Author
2024-11-29 19:53:17
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2024-11-30 06:21:53
The modern numeral system and algebra were heavily derived from ancient Indian (Hindu) numeral systems (particularly the Brahmi numerals). Hence the official term 'Hindu-Arabic numeral' or 'Indo-Arabic numeral'. Muslims neither invented algebra nor the numeral system. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(6-0-4) Author
2024-11-30 09:28:46
The development of algorithms is a product of the global exchange of knowledge. Al-Khwarizmi's work synthesized systematic procedures and knowledge from Indian mathematics and expanded upon them, contributing to what we now recognize as fundamental elements of algorithms. [Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-2) Author
2024-11-30 14:53:57
The original book of Al-Khwarizmi is lost, but its Latin translation is available, which is called De numero Indorum (Hindu numerals) [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(3-0-0) Author