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Algebra history project

By Ryan_Kaplan
  • Babylonian mathematics dating from very early
    1800 BCE

    Babylonian mathematics dating from very early

    cuneiform texts preserved in clay tablets. Babylonian arithmetic was based on a well-elaborated, positional sexagesimal system (base 60)
  • The Islamic tradition in mathematics
    825 BCE

    The Islamic tradition in mathematics

    when Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi wrote his famous treatise al-Kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab aljabr wa’l-muqabala.
  • 800 BCE

    The word algebra was created

    First used by Arabic scholars to describe reunion of broken parts.
  • The word algebra was created
    800 BCE

    The word algebra was created

    First used by Arabic scholars to describe reunion of broken parts.
  • A major milestone of Greek mathematics was the discovery by the Pythagoreans
    430 BCE

    A major milestone of Greek mathematics was the discovery by the Pythagoreans

    Certain ratios among pairs of magnitudes do not correspond to simple ratios among whole numbers.
  • Algebra was created by the Babylonians
    100 BCE

    Algebra was created by the Babylonians

    The Babylonians were able to find out unknown quantities by using formulas and equations.
  • Algebra was created by the Babylonians
    100 BCE

    Algebra was created by the Babylonians

    The Babylonians were able to find out unknown quantities by using formulas and equations.
  • Al- samawal gives a definition of algebra
    1130

    Al- samawal gives a definition of algebra

    Al- samawal defines algebra as operating on unknowns using all the arithmetical tools, in the same way as the arithmetician operates on the known.
  • Sharaf al din al Tusi writes Al mu adalat
    1200

    Sharaf al din al Tusi writes Al mu adalat

    A equation that deals with eight types of cubic equations with positive solutions.
  • François Viète's work on new algebra at the close of the 16th century was an important step towards modern algebra

    François Viète's work on new algebra at the close of the 16th century was an important step towards modern algebra

    Published La Géométrie, inventing analytic geometry
  • Abstract geometry was devoloped

    Abstract geometry was devoloped

    A way of using algebra with geomatric lines was created.
  • Mikhail Gromov develops the theory of hyperbolic groups,

    Mikhail Gromov develops the theory of hyperbolic groups,

    revolutionizing both infinite group theory and global differential geometry,