Ibn al-Majdi
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| Intro | Mathematician | |
| was | Astronomer Astrologer | |
| Work field | Science | |
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| Birth | 1359 | |
| Death | 1447 (aged 88 years) |
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Shihāb al‐Dīn ibn al‐Majdī (Arabic: شهاب الدين بن المجدي; 1359–1447 CE) was an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer. His most important mathematical work was "Book of Substance", a voluminous commentary on Ibn al-Banna''s Summary of the Operations of Calculations.