Al Khwarizmi Essays

Al Khwarizmi Essays Al Khwarizmi Paper Al Khwarizmi Paper Formulas for the Future By Kyle Horn Mr. Davenport Algebra 3 9-15-10 Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Musa Al-khwarizmi, was a Persian mathematician, geographer, and astronomer. He was born sometime in 780 AD in Baghdad, then later died there around 850 AD. At that time the area he lived in was the epicentre of an Islamic empire which extended from the Mediterranean all the way to India. He was a scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. â€Å"The word al-Khwarizmi is pronounced in classical Arabic as Al-Khwarizmi† (bookrags) Al-khwarizmi was the author of over half a dozen astronomical books. The most remarkable was titled Al-jabr w’al muqabala , which was written around 830 AD. Al-khwarizmi did most of his research and writing in the House of Wisdom, along side other scholars. His book Al-jabr w’al muqabala is what gave the branch Al-jabr to mathematics. It is now known as algebra. â€Å"The word al-jabr is usually translated as restoring, with reference to restoring the balance in an equation by placing on one side of an equation a term that has been removed from the other. † (ms) For example 2x+2=8, the balance is restored by writing 2x=6 and then x=3. The second part of the title, al muqabala, probably meant simplification, as in the case of combining 2x+5x to obtain 7x, or by subtracting out equivalent terms from both sides of an equation†. (bookrags) In the Latin translation of al-Khwarizmis Algebra , it opens with a brief introductory statement of the positional principle for numbers and then proceeds to the solution in six short chapters of six types of quadratics: â€Å"(1) squares equal to roots, ( x2=square root of 2), (2) squares equal to numbers, ( x2 =2), (3) roots equal to numbers (square root of x = 2), (4) squares and roots equal to numbers ( ), (5) squares and umbers equal to roots ( x2+1=9), and (6) roots and numbers equal to squares ( 3x+4=x2) (members. aol. com). Chapter I covers the case of squares equal to roots, expressed in modern notation as x2+5x, x(2/3)=4x, 52+10x , giving the answers x = 5, x = 12, and x= 2 respectively. † (ms) Al-khwarizmi used the term â€Å"power† to describe a square. It is said that Al-khwarizmi describing the power of an unknown or a variable (x) designed the root as of a plant, which was the origin of the term we now use in schools and colleges. Al-khwarizmi developed the algebraic terms and condition that, after a thousand years, are still being taught in schools today. His foundation has inspired mathematicians all around the world. His book has enlightened all of us. He has impacted everything from commerce to rocket science. His studies give a way to find the unknown. Without him there is so much we would not have in this day and age. because of him we have infinite knowledge highway, or the internet. Because of him so much technology has been inspired by his works. We have the computer, ipods, tvs, cars, tractors, and airplanes. Like the Wright Brothers said, â€Å" we may have built the airplane, but math made it fly. † Who’s to say, â€Å"If Al khwarizmi hadn’t developed a system of algebra, then someone else would surely have done it. † Then again, maybe not! Maybe names like, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and Wernher Von Braun would not appear in our history books and we’d be riding horses to school and work. Many events in history have dramatically altered the paths of men and mankind, but none are any more profound than Al-khwarizmi and his insight into the practical functions and applications of algebraic formula. eb cite (history) Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi. Al-Khwarizmi Summary. N. p. , n. d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. lt;http://www-history. mcs. st-andrews. ac. uk/Mathematicians/Al-Khwarizmi. htmlgt;. (bookrags) Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi Biography. BookRags. BookRags, n. d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. lt; bookrags. com/biography/abu-jafar-muham mad-ibn-musa-al-khwarizmi-wom/gt;. (ms) Al-khwa2. html. Al-khwa2. html. N. p. , n. d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. lt; ms. uky. edu/~carl/ma330/project2/al-khwa21. htmlgt;.