Omar Khayyam

Rubaiyat — mathematician, astronomer, poet

Mathematician, astronomer, and the poet whose quatrains became the most famous Persian verse in the West through FitzGerald's translation. As a mathematician, he solved cubic equations and reformed the Persian calendar.

Key works

• Rubaiyat~1100— Quatrains on wine, mortality, and doubt — immortalized by FitzGerald
• Treatise on Algebra~1070— Systematic classification and solution of cubic equations

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