Old Business: Our dear Abdul Hadi صلى الله عليه وسلم and Euclidean Algorithm!

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Feb 23, 2022 at 06:57

Dear readers: in the previous post I explained that "Algebra" as well as all branches of mathematics are the product of human endeavor by very smart people of different races, colors, religions and languages, over a very long period of time, and their aim was to understand what numbers really mean. I also explained that fools the likes of our dear Abdul Hadi are victims of Muslim apologists as well as their vile leaders who tell his likes that al-Khawarizmi "invented" Algebra and "Algorithm."

This is what our dear Abdul wrote:

> Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi, a Muslim mathematician who invented both Algebra and Algorithm. Algorithm was the base for all electronic devices we use today,

He is not aware that Euclid of Alexandria wrote about what is called now "Euclidean algorithm" in his book: Elements. And this is in 300 BC or some 1200 years before al-Khawarizmi

And for ignorant people like our dear Abdul, here is a link to the wikipedia page (which is enough for ignorant people like our dear Abdul): Euclidean Algorithm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_algorithm

The great German historian C. Becker wrote, and I'm paraphrasing: Without Alexander the Great (read this as Greek learning) there would be no Islamic civilization.

Our dear Abdul: I know you are reading this post: Be a man and apologize for your bogus remarks

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