How Did Math Contribute To Western Europe

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The mathematics field had a huge contribution to Western Europe. One of the greatest founder of the mathematical field was Abu Abdullah Ibn Musa al-Khawarizmi who is known today by Al-Khawarizmi was an Arab Muslim mathematician, geographer, and astronomer. Al-khawariami served the caliph Al-Mamun as a court astronomer and became a math teacher. He made the first map in the world in 830 A.D.A-lkhawarizmi knowledge and understanding of the mathematical field enable him to the Greek and Hindu knowledge of the calculation and numbers. One of his famous books in mathematics is Al-Maqala fi Hisab Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabalah ("the book of calculation, transposition and cancellation").In the medieval period Islam had contributed many materials including