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Maths in the Early Islamic World

In Our Time

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The Greatest Mathematician, Oma Kam

Aosme was the first person to really classify quadratic equations. He's also able to give approximate solutions to cubic equations. The world of maths is now on a race to solve cubics that wasn't settled for another 500 years after him. There are three sorts of zeros: babalonian, greek and later zero.

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