Mathematician:Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi

Mathematician

Moroccan mathematician, astronomer, Islamic scholar, Sufi, and a one-time astrologer.

Rediscovered the Thabit pair $\left({17 \,296, 18 \, 416}\right)$.

Nationality

Moroccan

History

• Born: 29 December 1256 in Marrakesh, Morocco
• Died: 1321 in Marrakesh, Morocco

Publications

• Talkhīṣ ʿamal al-ḥisāb (تلخيص عمل الحساب) (Summary of arithmetical operations)
• Tanbīh al-Albāb
• Rafʿ al-Ḥijāb (Lifting the Veil)

Translated Euclid's The Elements into Arabic

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
• 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence