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1800 BCE
Babylonian Mathematics
In the 18th BCE century people learned to solve linear and quadratic equations as well as indeterminate equations such as x2+y2=z2 whereby several unknowns re involved. -
850
Al-Khwarizmi
In the 9th century, Al-Khwarizmi wrote first Arabic Algebra. -
900
Abu Kamil
At the end of 9th century, Abu Kamil had stated and proved the basic laws and identities of algebra. -
1200
Omar Khayyam
In 12th century, Omar Khayyam showed how to express roots of cubic equations by line segments obtained by intersecting conic sections. -
1300
Leonardo Fibonacci
In early 13th century, Leonardo Fibonacci achieved a close approximation to the solution of the cubic equation. -
Scipione del Ferro, Niccolò Tartaglia, and Gerolamo Cardano
In Early 16th century, Scipione del Ferro, Niccolò Tartaglia, and Gerolamo Cardano solved the general cubic equation in terms of the constants appearing in the equation. -
Carl Friedrich Gauss
In 18th century, Carl Friedrich Gauss, show that every polynomial equation has at least on root in the complex plane. -
Niels Abel and Evariste Galois
In, early 19th century, Niels Abel and Evariste Galois proved that ”a formula for the roots of equations of degree five, or higher” doesn’t exists. -
William Rowan Hamilton
In the 19th century, William Rowan Hamilton discovered the quaternions. -
Hermann Grassmann
In the 19th century, Hermann Grassmann began investing vectors.
