PERSON

Abū Bishr Mattá ibn Yūnis

Name (arabic)

أبو بشر متّى بن يونس

Name (translit)

Abū Bishr Mattá ibn Yūnis

Alias

Mattá ibn Yūnis

Died

328H/940J

Lived in

Teacher of

Notes

(From MAMS2): Teacher of al-Fārābī. He translated many work of Aristotle and commentary of Themistius on Aristotle's "One the Heavens."

Number in MAMS

162

ismi_id

64211

Authored Works

1 works:

Mathematics: General

Kitāb al-takht fī al-ḥisāb al-Hind , كتاب التخت في الحساب الهند

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