Ibn Mu'adh al-Jayyani
Al-Jayyānī | |
|---|---|
| Born | 989 Iraq |
| Died | 1079 |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Euclid, al-Khwarizmi |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main interests | Mathematics, Astronomy |
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muʿādh al-Jayyānī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن معاذ الجياني; 989, Cordova, Al-Andalus – 1079, Jaén, Al-Andalus) was an Arab mathematician, Islamic scholar, and Qadi from Al-Andalus (in present-day Spain). Al-Jayyānī wrote important commentaries on Euclid's Elements and he wrote the first known treatise on spherical trigonometry.