Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Great Regulars: During his lifetime, [Omar] Khayyam

was best known as a mathematician and astronomer. He tackled various key problems in algebra and geometry. His treatise on algebra got him a great deal of attention in his lifetime; it became part of a larger body of work that introduced many higher math principles to Europe. Similar work would be done in later years by Descartes, who also explored geometry as a method for solving cubic equations.

from findingDulcinea: Happy Birthday: Omar Khayyam: Persian Mathematician, Astronomer and Poet

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