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Also Known As Abul Wefa • Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās Abū al-Wafāʾ al-Būzjānī • Abū al-Wafāʾ al-Būzajānī
Born June 10, 940 • Iran
Died 997 or July 998 • Baghdad • Iraq
Subjects Of Study trigonometric function

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