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Islamic Innovations: Mathematics

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MATHEMATICS

ISLAMIC INNOVATIONS
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Based their works on ideas from India, Babylon, and Greece

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IDEAS FROM INDIA

  • How to Write Numerals
  • Fractions and Decimals
  • The Concept of Zero
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-Translated works into Arabic
-Adapted and Added their Own Contributions

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AL-KHWARIZMI

"FATHER OF ALGEBRA"
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ALGEBRA

"THE REUNION OF BROKEN PARTS"
Solving for unknown numbers in an equation

ARABIC NUMBERS

POPULARIZED BY AL-KHWARIZMI'S BOOK

SPREAD IDEA OF ZERO

"SOMETHING EMPTY" (ARABIC)