Omar khayyam full name
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Omar Khayyam Biography: Famous Mathematician, Poet and Astronomer
Born: 18 May, 1048
Birth Place: Nishapur, Khorasan (present day Iran)
Full Name: Ghiyath ad-Din Abu l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam
Also known as: Ghiyath Ad-Din Abu'l-Fath
Nationality: Persian
Famous as: Mathematician, Poet, and Astronomer
Father: Ibrahim Khayyam Nayshapuri
Died on: 4 December, 1131
Death place: Nishapur, Iran
Omar Khayyam's full name was Ghiyath ad-Din Abu l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam. He studied philosophy and science in his native place and his teacher was Imam Mowaffaq Nishapuri. It is said that Omar adopted the name of 'Khayyam', as a mark of showering respect to his father's occupation. No doubt his works in maths and astronomy reform the ancient Muslim calendar and do you know that his theorems are still applied in mathematics. He is also known for his poems especially as the author of his collection of quatrains, the “Rubaiyat”. That is he is the writer of more than a thousand ‘Rubaiyat’ or verses. He rose to fame as a poet through the translations of Edward
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Umar Khayyam
1. The Formative Period
Abu’l Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Khayyām, commonly known as Umar Khayyām, is the best known Iranian poet-scientist in the West. He was born in the district of Shādyakh of Nayshābūr (originally “Nayshāpūr”) in the province of Khorāsān sometime around 439 AH/1048 CE,[1] and died there between 515 and 520 AH/1124 and 1129 CE.[2] The word “Khayyām,” means “tent maker,” and thus, it is likely that his father Ibrāhīm or forefathers were tent makers. Khayyām is said to have been quiet, reserved, and humble. His reluctance to accept students drew criticism from opponents, who claimed that he was impatient, bad tempered, and uninterested in sharing his knowledge. Given the radical nature of his views in the Rubā‘iyyāt, he may merely have wished to remain intellectually inconspicuous.
The secrets which my book of love has bred,
Cannot be told for fear of loss of head;
Since none is fit to learn, or c•
Omar Khayyam
Persian polymath and poet (1048–1131)
For other uses, see Omar Khayyam (disambiguation).
Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī[1][3] (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) (Persian: غیاث الدین ابوالفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (Persian: عمر خیّام),[a] was a polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and poetry.[4]: 94 He was born in Nishapur, the initial capital of the Seljuk Empire, and lived during the period of the Seljuk dynasty, around the time of the First Crusade.
As a mathematician, he is most notable for his work on the classification and solution of cubic equations, where he provided a geometric formulation based on the intersection of conics.[5] He also contributed to a deeper understanding of Euclid's parallel axiom.[6]: 284 As an astronomer, he calculated the duration of the solar year with remarkable precision and accuracy, and designed the Jalali calendar, a solar ca
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