Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam

Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam ibn Muḥammad Ibn Shujāʿ was a prominent Egyptian mathematician during the Islamic Golden Age. He is considered the first mathematician to systematically use and accept irrational numbers as solutions and coefficients to equations.

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Who was born first?

• Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam was born 8 years before Al-Battani
• Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam was born 14 years after Thābit ibn Qurra
• Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam was born 15 years before Al-Nayrizi
• Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam was born 20 years before Farabi
• Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam was born 20 years after Ishaq ibn Hunayn

Timeline

1. Ishaq ibn Hunayncirca AD 830 – AD 910
2. Thābit ibn Qurra836–901
3. Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (this page)circa AD 850 – circa AD 930
4. Al-Battanicirca AD 858 – AD 930
5. Al-Nayrizicirca AD 865 – AD 922
6. Farabicirca AD 870 – AD 951

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