ʿUmar al-Khayyām

Cumar Khayyam was a Persian polymath who made significant contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and poetry. He is best known for his work on the classification and solution of cubic equations, where he provided geometric solutions by intersecting conic sections. In astronomy, his major work on the reform of the calendar resulted in the Jalali calendar, which was more accurate than the Julian and used until the Gregorian reform. Khayyam also wrote numerous quatrains, which have been widely tra...See more