Ibrahim ibn Sinan
Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thābit ibn Qurra (born : 295-296 A.H/908 A.D in Baghdad, died : 334-335 A.H/ 946 A.D in Baghdad, aged 38) was a Syriac speaking Muslim from Harran in northern Mesopotamia/Assyria, the grandson of Thābit ibn Qurra.[1][2] He was mathematician and astronomer who studied geometry and in particular tangents to circles.[1][2] He also made advances in the quadrature of the parabola and the theory of integration, generalizing the work of Archimedes, which was unavailable at the time.[1][2] He is often referenced as one of the most important mathematicians of his time.[1]
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