Jacob Oestreicher

  • Rhind papyrus equations
    1650 BCE

    Rhind papyrus equations

    A scroll with ancient algebraic equations. This scroll has had one of the first algebraic equations made.
  • The inventors of algebra
    100 BCE

    The inventors of algebra

    The babylonians had a system similar to algebra, but the chinese first started to write algebra
  • Al-Khazamari
    800

    Al-Khazamari

    Al-Khazamari just started to write his first ever algebraic equation in arabic
  • 1000

    Abu Kamil

    Proved the basic laws of algebra.
  • Al-Khazamari
    1100

    Al-Khazamari

    Al-Khazamari's equations got translated into latin for the first time.
  • Al-Khazamari
    1100

    Al-Khazamari

    His algeba just started to appear in the 1100s
  • Lenardo fibboninchy
    1200

    Lenardo fibboninchy

    He got a close approximation of the cubic equation
  • The intro to Algebra
    1500

    The intro to Algebra

    Unknowns have just been introduced along with the unkown
  • Rene descartes

    Rene descartes

    Made a book called Book III of La géometrie
  • George Boole

    George Boole

    Made a book called The Laws of Thought (1854)