Numberphiles

The study of mathematics in the early Islamic world (8th - 12th century) played an important role in transmitting and building on knowledge from the ancient Greeks to the scientific revolution. In several cases, books by ancient Greeks were only available in their Arabic translation which were then translated to Latin. While studying and translating the Greek texts, the Muslim scholars made their own discoveries. We will discuss a few famous examples from those times including Al-Khwarizmi’s method of solving quadratic equations, Omar Khayyam’s method for solving a cubic equation and Ibn Sinan’s construction of a parabola.

Our presenters: Rayyan Hameed is currently finishing up 8th grade at Tilden MS. He has a keen interest in mathematics but would rather be in a hockey arena or soccer field. Dr. Farhan Hameed has a Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics from Macalester…