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Greek mathematician Pythagoras followers use geometric, visual strategies to solve equations.
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the Chinese began to publish their own algebra writings.
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Classical algebra was first developed by the ancient Babylonians, who had a system similar to our algebra.
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Greek mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria begins replacing sentences with symbols.
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Bhaskara replaces unknown quantities with letters, while Brahmagupta discovers ways to solve systems of equations in India.
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Compendious book on calculations by completion and balancing was written by a persian man who lived in Baghdad
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Muhammad Ibn writes a book containing the first clear explanation of solving equations by doing the same operation on both sides.
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The word “Algebra” literally means the re-union of broken parts based on the origins of Arabic language. It was first used around 800 AD by Arabic scholars, and is still in our language today.
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The word "algebra" is derived from the Arabic word الجبر al-jabr, and this comes from the treatise written in the year 830 by the medieval Persian mathematician,
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French mathematician Evariste Galois develops a group theory in solving algebra
