#3095omarkhayyam

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Omar Khayyam was a Persian polymath, a mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and poet. Omar Khayyam was born in 1048 A.D in the metropolis Nishapur, Iran. Omar Khayyam studied in Nishapur and Samarkand. Omar Khayyam produced a new calender, Jalali calendar which was adopted by the Seljuq Sultan Malik Shah. Omar Khayyam wrote Risalah fil-barahin ala masail al-jabr wa mubqabalah (Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra) which gave the solution of cubic equations among other topics. He wrote on geometric algebra, theory of parallels, binomial theorem where he wrote about triangular array known as Omar Khayyam's triangle which were later called Pascal's triangle. Omar Khayyam's work traveled to Europe where they influenced the early renaissance professor of Oxford university, John Wallis, six centuries later. Omar Khayyam along with being an intellectual was also a poet. He wrote Persian quatrains which centuries later translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Omar Khayyam has written of mathematics, philosophy, astronomy and poetry. A lunar crater Omar Khayyam was named in his honor in 1970. Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova's discovered minor planet was named 3095 Omarkhayyam. Omar Khayyam died in 1131 A.D. and is buried in tomb of Khayyam, Nishapur Iran. #omarkhayyam #omar #khayyam #samarkand #nishapur #science #jalalicalender #mathematics #astronomy #algebra #poetry #rubaiyat #philospher #persianscientist #intellectual #knowledge #scientist #johnwallis #oxford #edwardfitzgerald #muslimcivilization #calendar #binomialtheorem #khayyamstriangle #3095omarkhayyam #theoryofparallels https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJfh9-jgLL/?igshid=11cmsq4djazl9