Ibn Yunus

Ibn Yunus ابن يونس

Full Name: Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi al-Said ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Yunus ibn Abd al-‘Ala al-Sadafi al-Misri.

Arabic: أبو الحسن علي أبي السعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أحمد بن يونس بن عبد الأعلى الصدفي المصري

Latin: Methilem.

Origin: Fustat, Ikhshidid Emirate of Egypt, now Egypt.

Born: 950 AD.

Died: 1,009 AD.

Famous for: Astronomer and Mathematician.

Contribution:

He calculated with great accuracy the inclination of the ecliptic circle.

The first to solve some of the trigonometric equations that are used in astronomy.

 

Articles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Yunus

https://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Ibn_Yunus_BEA.htm

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/ibn-yunus-abul-hasan-ali-ibn-abd-al-rahman-ibn-yunus-al-sadafi