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Maths in the Early Islamic World

In Our Time

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Alcarisme was the first time ever in history to systematically say, these are the types of quadratic equation. So you open the door to a hole, neu ar of knowledge is what youre saying,. And hol on a whole way of dealing with undiscovered knowledge. Yes. They could never have done anything without also looking at the greek, the babylonian and the indian heritage. But er they really make progress. This is why we use these terms still: both in astronomy and in mathematics, we have these arab words. Because for throughout the middle ages, basically, this field of mathematics was always associated with with the arabs of colma.

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