The Vice-minister for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania of the People’s Power Ministry for Foreign Relations, Rubén Darío Molina, in the company of representatives of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Venezuela and the People’s Power Ministry for Communes and Social Movements, made this Thursday a wreath in front of the bust of the Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer of the 2nd century AD, Omar Jayam.
During the activity carried out in the spaces of the Pantheon Square, the Iranian authorities spoke about the philosophical and mathematical legacy left by the Iranian intellectual throughout his life, as well as his role in the creation of an astronomical observatory and his great contributions to The science.
Similarly, they highlighted the importance of his works being translated into different languages and traveled the world.
For his part, the Venezuelan representative of the Ministry for Communes and Social Movements appreciated the historical contributions of the mathematician and recognized the heroic Iranian people, “who have nurtured our revolutionary and anti-imperialist struggle.”
Transcendental contributions
Ghiyath al-Din Abu l-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Jayam Nishapurí, known as Omar Jayam, was a Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet who left enormously important contributions in these fields.
A native of the city of Nishapur (Iran), he grew up and trained with a strong influence in science and philosophy. He also lived in Samarkand (Uzbekistan), where he wrote his Thesis on Demonstrations of Algebra and Comparison with which he achieved recognition and prestige, to the point that the Sultan ordered the construction of an astronomical observatory.
Among the main contributions Omar Jayam stand out the correction of the ancient Zoroastrian calendar and the development of the first procedure for solving the quadratic and cubic equations from the conic sections.
The fame of Jayam in the West comes mainly from a collection of quartets, the Rubaiyat, whose authorship is attributed to him and that were covered in 1859 by the British poet Edward Fitzgerald.
