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  • Babylonian Mathematics
    1800 BCE

    Babylonian Mathematics

    They solved quadratic equations and they complete the square method. Also, they used clay tablets to solve problems.
  • Brahmagupta
    628 BCE

    Brahmagupta

    He wrote many books on algebra. He Discovered new ways to solve equations in India along with that.
  • Pythagoras
    532 BCE

    Pythagoras

    He used geometric figures like triangles and cubes to solve equations.
  • Diophantus
    200

    Diophantus

    He is sometimes called “the father of algebra”, and wrote an influential series of books called the “Arithmetica” a collection of algebraic problems which greatly influenced the subsequent development of number theory.
  • Aryabhata
    499

    Aryabhata

    He wrote one of the earliest-known detailed books on the subject of math.
  • Al-Khwārizmī
    820

    Al-Khwārizmī

    He developed quick methods for multiplying and dividing numbers.
  • Al-Samawal
    1130

    Al-Samawal

    He created a definition for “algebra.” He difined it as "[it is concerned] with operating on unknowns using all the arithmetical tools, in the same way as the arithmetician operates on the known.”
  • Francois Viete
    1559

    Francois Viete

    Started to use letters to replace variables and he used the +/- signs to represent addition and subtraction.
  • René Descartes

    René Descartes

    He was the first person to link algebra to geometry.In fact he also connected it to science and music.
  • Niels Henrik Abel

    Niels Henrik Abel

    Found out that there is no general formula that solves equations.