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1600 BCE
The Babylonians - Beginnings of Basic Algebra
Ancient Babylon where one of the reasons for the development of algebra. It's generally said that it was the Babylonians who first made basic use of algebra and pioneered its beginnings in the field of mathematics. There is evidence of this that dates back as far as 1900 to 1600 BC. The tablet, also known as the Plimpton 322 tablet shows Pythagorean triples and other forms of mathematics. -
1 CE
Hero of Alexandria - Hero’s formula
In the first century, Hero created a method for calculating the square root of a number. But today, his name is identified as "Hero's formula", for finding the area of a triangle from its side lengths. -
820
Al-Khwarizmi - The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion
Al-Khwarizmi was a Persian Muslim scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad who worked in the fields of mathematics. Al-Khwārizmī's "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing" showed the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations in Arabic. -
1070
Omar Khayyám - Cubic Equation
Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician who gives a complete analysis of cubic equations with positive roots and gives general geometric solutions to these equations. one of his works was "A commentary on the difficulties concerning the postulates of Euclid's Elements." -
1101
Bhaskara Acharya - Bijaganita
in the 12th century, an Indian mathmetician named Bhaskara Acharya wrote the “Bijaganita” (“Algebra”), which is the first text that shows that a positive number has two square roots. -
1200
Gerolamo Cardano - Ars Magna
Gerolamo Cardano had many interests including being an italian mathematician. In the 12th century, he published Ars Magna, which means "The Great Art." It contains techniques for solving cubic and quartic equations. X to the 3rd and 4th equations require a special method to solve. -
1202
Leonardo Fibonacci - Liber Abaci
Leonardo Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician from the Republic of Pisa, considered to be "the most talented Western mathematician of the Middle Ages." He published his Liber Abaci, a work on algebra that introduces Arabic numerals to Europe. -
Leonhard Euler - The Elements of Algebra
In the 18th century Leonhard Euler who was a Swiss mathematician published "The Elements of Algebra." The algebraic formula involving f(x) functions were written by him. In natural logarithms, the E stands for Euler. -
Carl Friedrich Gauss - Polynomial Equation
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician who made significant contributions to many fields, including number theory, algebra and much more. Carl Friedrich Gauss proved that every polynomial equation has a solution among complex numbers. -
George Boole - The Laws of Thought
George Boole was an English mathematician who worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic. He is best known as the author of The Laws of Thought, an influential book on algebraic logic.
