PERSON

Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá ibn Aktham al-Qāḍī

Name (arabic)

محمد بن يحيى بن أكثم القاضي

Name (translit)

Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá ibn Aktham al-Qāḍī

Alias

Muḥammad ibn Aktham

Flourished

Lived in

Notes

(From MAMS2): Son of judge Abū Muḥammad Yaḥyá ibn Aktham from Basra. Calculator; he worked under Caliph al-Maʾmūn.

Number in MAMS

90

ismi_id

98397

Authored Works

1 works:

Number Theory

Kitāb masāʾil al-aʿdād , كتاب مسائل الأعداد

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