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Abu Nasr Mansur
Abu Nasr Mansur
Born	970; Gīlān
Died	1036; Ghazni
Known for	Trigonometry Law of sines
	Scientific career
Fields	Astronomer Mathematician

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Abu Nasr Mansur ibn Ali ibn Iraq (c. 960 - 1036) was a Persian ^[1] Muslim mathematician.^[2] He is well known for discovering the sine law.

Abu Nasr Mansur was born in Gilan, Persia, to the ruling family of Khwarezm, the "Banu Iraq". He was thus a prince within the political sphere. He was a student of Abu'l-Wafa and a teacher of and also an important colleague of the mathematician, Al-Biruni. Together, they were responsible for great discoveries in mathematics and dedicated many works to one another.

Most of Abu Nasr's work focused on math, but some of his writings were on astronomy. In mathematics, he had many important writings on trigonometry, which were developed from the writings of Ptolemy. He also preserved the writings of Menelaus of Alexandria and reworked many of the Greeks theorems.

He died in the Ghaznavid Empire (modern-day Afghanistan) near the city of Ghazna.

Notes

^ Page 30 of Al-biruni: Master Astronomer and Muslim Scholar of the Eleventh Century by Bill Scheppler
^ Scheppler, Bill (2006) Al-biruni: Master Astronomer and Muslim Scholar of the Eleventh Century Rosen Publishing Group, New York, p. 30, ISBN 1-4042-0512-8

External links

O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Abu Nasr Mansur ibn Ali ibn Iraq", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews

[1] Page 30 of Al-biruni: Master Astronomer and Muslim Scholar of the Eleventh Century by Bill Scheppler

[2] Scheppler, Bill (2006) Al-biruni: Master Astronomer and Muslim Scholar of the Eleventh Century Rosen Publishing Group, New York, p. 30, ISBN 1-4042-0512-8

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