Banu Musa Brothers
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- Sep 1 2010 12:19 PM
John Garrett
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This resource, from the Illuminations-reviewed History of Mathematics Archive, features biographical information about three Islamic brothers, Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Shakir, Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Shakir, and al-Hasan ibn Musa ibn Shakir. The brothers were among the first group of mathematicians to begin to carry forward the mathematical developments begun by the ancient Greeks. Links to biographies of other mathematicians are also available on this page.
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