Khwarizmi,al-

Khwarizmi,al-
Khwa·riz·mi (kwärʹĭz-mē, KHwärʹ-), al-. Full name Muhammad ibn-Musa al-Khwarizmi. 780?-850?.
Arab mathematician and astronomer whose works introduced Arabic numerals and algebraic concepts to Western mathematics. The word algorithm is derived from his name.

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