Muhammad Baqir Yazdi

Muhammad Baqir Yazdi was an Iranian mathematician who lived in the 16th century. He gave the pair of amicable numbers 9,363,584 and 9,437,056 many years before Euler's contribution to amicable numbers.[1] He was the last notable Islamic mathematician. His major book is Oyoun Alhesab (Arabic:عيون الحساب).

References

  1. Costello, PAtrick (2002-05-01). "NEW AMICABLE PAIRS OF TYPE (2; 2) AND TYPE (3; 2)" (PDF). Mathematics of Computation. American Mathematical Society. 72 (241): 489–497. doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-02-01414-X. Retrieved 2007-04-19.


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