Maddie Wiederkehr

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  • algebra was found
    2000 BCE

    algebra was found

    The Babylonians discovered algebra. They wrote the algebra on clay tablets.
  • Pythagoras
    540 BCE

    Pythagoras

    Pythagoras follower used geometric visual strategies to solve equations.
  • Arithmetica by Diophantus
    250 BCE

    Arithmetica by Diophantus

    Greek mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria begins replacing statements with symbols.
  • 3 Early Chinese algebra.
    100 BCE

    3 Early Chinese algebra.

    The Chinese began to publish their own algebra writings.
  • Modern algebra
    200

    Modern algebra

    Modern algebra also called abstract algebra came into existence.
  • Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi
    780

    Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi

    Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi wrote a book with the first explanation of solving equation by doing the operations on the same side.
  • Arabic scholars
    800

    Arabic scholars

    It was first used by Arabic scholars and still used today.
  • famous book
    830

    famous book

    Algebra was put in on of the most famous book in mathematics.
  • Francois Viete
    1540

    Francois Viete

    Francois started to use letters to replace variables.
  • Carl Friedrich

    Carl Friedrich

    Gauss proved the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.