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Period: 540 BCE to 250 BCE
Greek mathematician
Greek mathematician Pythagoras followers use geometric, visual strategies to solve equations. -
100 BCE
Publishing Algebra
the Chinese began to publish their own algebra writings. -
100 BCE
Classical Algebra
Classical algebra was first developed by the ancient Babylonians, who had a system similar to our algebra. -
Period: 200 to 300
Dioplantas of Alexandria
Greek mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria begins replacing sentences with symbols. -
Period: 598 to 665
Algebra discovery
Bhaskara replaces unknown quantities with letters, while Brahmagupta discovers ways to solve systems of equations in India. -
Period: 700 to 900
Compendious book on calculations
Compendious book on calculations by completion and balancing was written by a persian man who lived in Baghdad -
Period: 750 to 850
Muhammad Ibn
Muhammad Ibn writes a book containing the first clear explanation of solving equations by doing the same operation on both sides. -
800
What Algebra means
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. -
830
When algebra was made
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
French mathematician Evariste Galois develops a group theory in solving algebra
