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Al-Karaji

953 - 1029

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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al Ḥasan al-Karajī (Persian: ابو بکر محمد بن الحسن الکرجی; c. 953 – c. 1029) was a 10th-century Persian mathematician and engineer who flourished at Baghdad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Karaji has received more than 134,663 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Karaji is the 188th most popular mathematician (up from 189th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Iran (down from 139th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Mathematician.

Al-Karaji was a mathematician and astronomer from the 11th century who is most famous for his contributions to algebra, including the introduction of the concept of the unknown.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Al-Karaji ranks 188 out of 823. Before him are Maria Reiche, Étienne-Louis Malus, Theaetetus, Ibn Yunus, Paul Guldin, and Vladimir Arnold. After him are Antoine Augustin Cournot, Scipione del Ferro, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Callippus, Marcel Grossmann, and Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 953, Al-Karaji ranks 1. After him are Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine and Bermudo II of León. Among people deceased in 1029, Al-Karaji ranks 1. After him are Queen Heonae, Haakon Ericsson, and García Sánchez of Castile.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Al-Karaji ranks 145 out of 528. Before him are Anastasius of Persia (550), Sibawayh (760), Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226), Osroes I (50), Harpagus (-700), and Al-Bayhaqi (994). After him are Forough Farrokhzad (1935), Barbet Schroeder (1941), Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203), Phraates V (-100), Abu Nasr Mansur (960), and Musa al-Sadr (1928).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iran

Among mathematicians born in Iran, Al-Karaji ranks 3. Before him are Omar Khayyam (1048) and Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940). After him are Abu Nasr Mansur (960), Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), Al-Khazini (1077), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Maryam Mirzakhani (1977), Al-Nayrizi (865), and Caucher Birkar (1978).

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