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3000 BCE
Babylonian Algebra
Babylonians were able to find unknown variables. -
2000 BCE
Egyptian Algebra
Egyptians did algebra on a rhind papyrus to find more complex variables. -
250 BCE
Diophantus
He wrote a series of books called Arithmetica when he wrote symbols representing variables. -
150 BCE
Jain Algebra
Jains write the Sthananga Sutra which talked about the theory of numbers and other equations. -
1 CE
Hero of Alexandria
The hero of Alexandria references square roots of negative numbers. -
820
Al-Khwarizmi
First to teach algebra in an elementary state and introduced hindu-arabic numerals wrote the “The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing” where he talked about algebraic equations. -
1450
The Dark Ages
Printing press is invented in Europe allowing them to translate arab equation. -
1501
Girolamo Cardano
Girolamo wrote on probability and a book on the rules of algebra. -
Start of Modern Algebra
There was communication of modern ideas of algebra and finding variables. -
Modern Algebra
Math became a profession and people started practicing modern algebra.
