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History of Algebra

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  • How old is algebra
    1983 BCE

    How old is algebra

    There are two basic kinds of of algebra, classical algebra and modern algebra or abstract algebra.
  • Language of Algebra
    1800 BCE

    Language of Algebra

    The language of algebra has changed significantly across the history of all civilizations to inherit it.
  • Al - Khwarizmi
    1048

    Al - Khwarizmi

    He gave the “unknown variable” used in algebra the current day “x” used as the unknown variable that is being solved for.
  • Gerolamo Cardano
    1545

    Gerolamo Cardano

    Ars magna, which means "The Great Art", is an important book on Algebra published by Gerolamo Cardano. It contains techniques for solving cubic and quartic equations.
  • Fathers of algebra
    1551

    Fathers of algebra

    Abu Jaafar Mohommad Ibn Mousa Al Khwarizmi and Diophantus are 2 of the best known fathers of algebra
  • Root words of algebra
    1551

    Root words of algebra

    The roots of the word algebra, the Arabic word, ‘Al Jabr’, which means ‘the reduction’.
  • Leonardo Euler

    Leonardo Euler

    Leonhard Euler who was a mathematician who published The Elements of Algebra.The very basic algebraic formula involving f(x) functions were notated by him.
  • Abstract

    Abstract

    The history of algebra originated from ancient Egypt and Babylon. About half a million Babylonian tables have been discovered. Fewer than 500 of which are mathematical in nature.
  • Gauss

    Gauss

    Gauss published a book that introduced modular arithmetic. This later became significant in group theory, cryptography and several other fields.
  • George Boole

    George Boole

    George Boole was an English mathematician who worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic. He wrote the Laws of thought. A book on algebraic knowledge.