Al-Khowarizmi (äl-khōwärēzˈmē) [key],
fl. 820, Arab mathematician of the court of Mamun in Baghdad. His
treatises on Hindu arithmetic and on algebra made him famous. He is said
to have given algebra its name, and the word algorithm is said
to have been derived from his name. Much of the mathematical knowledge
of medieval Europe was derived from Latin translations of his works.
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