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Period: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE
Ancient Egypt and Babylon
Ancient Babylon and egypt both very much contributed and mostly contributed to the invention of algebra. Ancient Babylon has been deemed as the main inventor though. They both helped invent this important mathematical language -
1650 BCE
Rhind Papyrus
A famous document on algebra. This document details 84 different mathematical equations and operations. This was very important in the creation on algebra. -
200
Diophantus
He wrote many books on the subject and was the first person to start using symbols for unknown numbers. He also used abbreviations for powers and operations. He helped make big advancements in algebra. -
300
Arithmetica
A series of books written by Diophantus. He created these books to teach people more about algebra. These books alo helped people understand the equations during algebra and the more complicated parts. -
Period: 750 to 850
Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi
He wrote two books on algebra that helped us shape the way we look at algebra. He also created and invented many things in algebra. He made big advancements. -
1487
Michael Stifle
He wrote an Algebraic text in German.He the first person in history to do this which allowed more people to understand algebra. This allowed for millions of people to more deeply understand algebra. -
Period: to
Rene Descartes
Was the first person to start using the letter “x” instead of a symbol to represent an unknown number. This made it so that people could use the alphabet to represent unknown symbols. This allowed fro more symbols and for more organization. -
Harvard
Algebra starts being taught in schools. This makes so kids as well can learn algebra. Also, more generation can learn from a young age a develop their understanding to get better. -
Modern Algebra
Created 200 years ago. This also updated some beliefs. This made changes so thing would go more smoothly.
