Al-Uqlidisi

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Al-Uqlidisi was a 10th-century Islamic mathematician renowned for his early systematic treatment of Hindu-Arabic numerals and decimal fractions, significantly advancing arithmetic computation.

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instanceOf 10th-century mathematician
Islamic mathematician
mathematician
person
alternativeName Al-Uqlidisi
surface form: Abu’l-Hasan Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Uqlidisi
approach systematic treatment of written calculation methods
centuryActive 10th century
contributedTo development of positional numeral notation
spread of Hindu-Arabic numerals in the Islamic world
systematization of decimal fraction techniques
culture Islamic
era Islamic Golden Age
medieval period
fieldOfWork arithmetic
mathematics
numeral systems
historicalSignificance early witness to the use of decimal fractions in Islamic mathematics
important source on early Hindu-Arabic arithmetic
influenced development of arithmetic in the medieval Islamic world
later Islamic mathematicians
knownFor advancing arithmetic computation
early systematic treatment of Hindu-Arabic numerals
early use of decimal fractions
languageOfWork Arabic
legacy contributed to the mathematical foundations later used in Europe
mathematicalConcept decimal notation
fractional representation in base 10
methodology written arithmetic techniques
name Al-Uqlidisi self-link
notableWork Kitab al-Fusul fi al-Hisab al-Hindi
profession mathematician
regionOfActivity Islamic world
religiousContext Islamic Golden Age
specialization calculation algorithms
practical computation
timePeriod before the widespread European adoption of Hindu-Arabic numerals
usedNumeralSystem Hindu–Arabic numeral system
surface form: Hindu-Arabic numeral system
workSubject Hindu-Arabic numerals
decimal fractions
practical arithmetic

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Islamic mathematics majorFigure Al-Uqlidisi
Al-Uqlidisi name Al-Uqlidisi self-link
Al-Uqlidisi alternativeName Al-Uqlidisi
this entity surface form: Abu’l-Hasan Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Uqlidisi