MATHEMATICIAN

Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin

900 - 960

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Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Husayn Khazin (Persian: ابوجعفر خازن خراسانی; 900–971), also called Al-Khazin, was an Iranian Muslim astronomer and mathematician from Khorasan. He worked on both astronomy and number theory. Al-Khazin was one of the scientists brought to the court in Ray, Iran by the ruler of the Buyid dynasty, Adhad ad-Dowleh, who ruled from 949 to 983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin has received more than 44,033 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin is the 338th most popular mathematician (up from 391st in 2019).

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin ranks 338 out of 1,004. Before him are Sergei Sobolev, Guillaume Postel, Pietro Cataldi, Nicholas Mercator, Sergei Novikov, and Charles Proteus Steinmetz. After him are Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Frank P. Ramsey, Gaston Julia, Gemma Frisius, Johann Radon, and Zhu Shijie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin ranks 35. Before him are Constantine of Preslav, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Indravarman I, Wiborada, Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy, and Rorik of Dorestad. After him are Wifred II, Count of Barcelona, Ibn Wahshiyya, Engelberga, Naddodd, Sunyer, Count of Barcelona, and Eochaid, son of Rhun. Among people deceased in 960, Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin ranks 3. Before him are Ahmad ibn Fadlan, and Časlav. After him is Fulk II, Count of Anjou.

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