TIMELINE: LINEAR ALGEBRA

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  • Egypt
    2000 BCE

    Egypt

    They developed a very elementary algebra, all to solve everyday problems.
  • 1700 BCE

    Quadratic equation with its solution

    Quadratic equation with its solution
  • Al-Juarismi
    820 BCE

    Al-Juarismi

    Introduces algebraic techniques for solving linear and quadratic equations.
  • Mesopotamia and Babylon
    500 BCE

    Mesopotamia and Babylon

    Mathematics was dominated by arithmetic and geometric calculations. They gave as solutions the equations of first and second degree.
  • Cristobal Rudolf
    14 BCE

    Cristobal Rudolf

    Introduced the square root symbol
  • Omar Khayyam
    12 BCE

    Omar Khayyam

    It was expressed as the cube roots using the segments by intersection of conic sections.
  • Indian
    5 BCE

    Indian

    The Indians developed the elementary rules to develop negative and positive numbers, They designed the decimal number system.
  • 2nd century AD
    3 BCE

    2nd century AD

    Diophantus introduced an elementary algebraic sign to designate the unknown in equations.
  • Leonard Euler

    Leonard Euler

    He studied Fourier series and in 1744 was the first to express an algebraic function by means of such a series. He found the summation formula now known as Euler-McLaurin. He proved Fermat's Last Theorem for n = 3, where he introduced calculus with algebraic numbers.
  • Carl Friedrich

    Carl Friedrich

    He published the proof that every polynomial equation has at least one root in a complex plane.
  • Hermann Grassmann

    Hermann Grassmann

    Creator of linear algebra, everything related to linear combination, linear independence, dimension, among others.
  • William Rowan

    William Rowan

    Discovered quaternions
    inevnton the name of vector.
  • Cayley

    Cayley

    Developed the concept of multiplication which led to the development of matrices for linear transformation.
  • John Milnor

    John Milnor

    Awarded the 2011 Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters in Norway in reference to his pioneering advances in topology, geometry and algebra.

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