Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi

Abū al-Ḥassan, Aḥmad Ibn Ibrāhīm, al-Uqlīdisī was a Muslim Arab mathematician of the Islamic Golden Age, possibly from Damascus, who wrote the earliest surviving book on the use of decimal fractions with Hindu–Arabic numerals, Kitāb al-Fuṣūl fī al-Ḥisāb al-Hindī, in Arabic in 952.

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Who was born first?

• Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi was born 1 year before Abe no Seimei
• Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi was born 17 years after Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
• Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi was born 20 years before Abu al-Wafa Buzjani
• Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi was born 20 years after Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin
• Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi was born 20 years before Abu-Mahmud Khujandi

Timeline

1. Abū Ja'far al-Khāzincirca AD 900 – circa AD 971
2. Abd al-Rahman al-SufiDecember 7, AD 903 – May 25, AD 986
3. Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi (this page)920–980
4. Abe no SeimeiFebruary 26, AD 921 – October 31, 1005
5. Abu al-Wafa BuzjaniJune 10, AD 940 – July 15, AD 998
6. Abu-Mahmud Khujandicirca AD 940 – circa 1000

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