Mathematician:Abu Bakr al-Karaji

Mathematician
Persian mathematician best known for the Binomial Theorem and what is now known as Pascal's Rule for their combination.

Also one of the first to use the Principle of Mathematical Induction.

Nationality
Persian

History

 * Born: 13 April 953 in Baghdad (now in Iraq)
 * Died: c. 1029

Theorems and Definitions

 * Binomial Coefficients and Pascal's Rule
 * Binomial Theorem
 * Principle of Mathematical Induction

Publications

 * Al-Badi' fi'l-hisab (Wonderful on calculation)
 * Al-Fakhri fi'l-jabr wa'l-muqabala (Glorious on algebra)
 * Al-Kafi fi'l-hisab (Sufficient on calculation)

Also known as
Full name: Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad ibn al Ḥusayn al-Karajī (or al-Karkhī).