Tomorrow in Urgench an International symposium “Algorithms in Modern Mathematics and its
Applications” dedicated to the great Khorezm scientist Al-Khorizmi starts.

 Our cordial greetings to the scientists, the guests of Khorezm!

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Mathematicians’ Forum at Al-Khorizmi Homeland

An interview with the vice-chairman of Khorezm regional executive committee Sh. Jabbarov

An International Symposium of mathematicians set to begin tomorrow in Urgench is a great cultural
event for the region.

Khorezm citizens are rightly proud that many a remarkable cultural and scientific figures lived and
worked on their land, the great Uzbek mathematician Abu Abdullah Mohammed Ibn-Musah
Al-Khorizmi occupying an outstanding position among them. They are proud that his works have
replenished the treasury of world science.

Al-Khorizmi is an originator of a fine mathematical school that was actively functioning for two
centuries. His skillful pen yielded outstanding works in mathematics that immortalized their author’s
name. He is the author of the first scientific manual called “A Concise Book on Algebra and
Almukabala Calculus”. It is remarkable that that the scientist cast in all his creative work with life
and practice. Thus, in his foreword to the manuscript mentioned above, he noticed that this work is
addressed first of all to land surveyors and irrigation canal builders.

Owing to Al-Khorizmi such terms as “algebra” and “algorithm” occurred. In particular, the word
“algorithm”, being a Latin form of our great scientist’s name, in mathematical science means strict
instruction for performing certain operations in certain order allowing to solve a total of tasks of
certain class. Algebra, theory of numbers and other branches of mathematics consider many
different algorithms.

In short, discoveries made by our compatriot eleven centuries ago are still urgent today. Algorithms
are the base of cybernetics and are used in computer development.

An important contribution to exact sciences is Al-Khorizmi’s research in geometry, and his
“Arithmetic” manual.

The science founded by Al-Khorizmi lives, evolves and is being studied. And in this respect it is
hard to overestimate significance of the forthcoming symposium where problems of modern
mathematics and its impact on science and applications will be discussed.

The talks and contributions delivered at this symposium will undoubtedly demonstrate the breadth
and variety of mathematical applications potential, the enormous significance it has in solving
problems of scientific and technological revolution.

The program of symposium, which is conducted by Cybernetics Institute of Uzbek SSR Academy of
sciences with assistance of the Computing Center of Siberian Branch of USSR Academy of sciences
and an All-Union “Intourist” association, is manifold and interesting. The talks will be delivered and
discussions will be held covering various aspects of science: a series of contributions of historical
nature is planned that will be devoted to Al-Khorizmi and formation periods of fundamental
algorithmic notions.

The symposium participants will also have time to travel around our region acquainting themselves
with its advances in different areas of economic and cultural organization, its new building projects
and remarkable examples of ancient architecture. They will visit a number of collective farms and
will be able to see the enthusiasm and purposefulness of our cotton-growers gathering the new
harvest.

The guests will visit ancient Khiva whose name is inseparably linked with Al-Khorizmi – the second
largest regional economic center where hoary antiquity is intricately intertwined with
contemporaneity.

They will make sure of how solicitously and lovingly the people care for old relics and takes efforts
to preserve anything connected with the names of our great ancestors, the works of most gifted
builders, architects, craftsmen.

The region undertook significant spadework. Everything was done to give the International
Symposium participants the possibility to work fruitfully and have interesting spare time.

We wish our dear guests successful work and new remarkable scientific achievements in the name
of peace and progress!