Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, a prominent Persian mathematician born in 780 AD, made significant contributions to mathematics and is known for popularizing algebra. His influential works, including 'Al-Kitab al-Jabr' and writings on arithmetic, laid the foundation for modern mathematical concepts like the use of zero and trigonometric tables. Al-Khwarizmi's efforts profoundly impacted the introduction of these mathematical principles to the Western world.

1. Mu ammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmiḥ

2. Brief History
• Name:Abū ‘Abdallāh Mu ammad ibnḥ
Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
• Latin name:Algoritmi or Algaurizin
• Birth:780 AD, Khwarezma(Kheva),town
south of the river Oxus in present day
Uzbekistan.
• Death: 850 AD, Baghdad, Iraq

3. Early Life
• In the year 832, the Abbasid Caliph Al
Ma’mun founded the “House of Wisdom” in
Baghdad, a center for study and research for
the Muslims.
• Ma’mun was so impressed by Al-Khawarzmi
that he himeslf invited him to the house of
wisdom.
• Al-Khawarzmi translated most of the greek
work and did a lot of work on mathematics
there.

4. Books Written By Him
• On Algebra, Al-Maqala fi Hisab-al Jabr wa-al-
Muqabilah –translated into Latin in the 12th
century, and it was this translation, which
introduced this new science to the West
“completely unknown till then.”
• Kitab al-Jam’a wal- Tafreeq bil Hisab al-
Hindi on Arithmatic.

5. Al-Maqala fi Hisab-al Jabr wa-
al- Muqabilah
• This work described his systematic
approach to solving linear and
quadratic equations.
• He uses both algebraic methods of
solution and the geometric method of
completing the square.
• He established the rules of finding the
area of sphere,square and pyramid.

6. His Achievements
• He was the first who adopted zero as a
number.
• Khwarizmi developed detailed
trigonometric tables containing the
sine functions which later included
tangent functions.
• He introduced the use of decimal point.

7. His Achievements
• Al-Khwarizmi also wrote a treatise on
Hindu-Arabic numerals in which he
described the hindu system of
numerals is based on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, and 0.
• He also gave the method of computing
the square root of numbers.