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A papyrus sheet contains a quadratic equation and its solution.
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The Rhind Papyrus is an ancient scroll that includes many different types of mathematic problems by August Eisenlohr.
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Used algebra to derive Pythagoras’ theorem.
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Euclid is regarded as the "father of geometry". His Elements is the most successful textbook in the history of mathematics.
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Algebraic equations are treated in the Chinese mathematics book Jiuzhang suanshu, which contains solutions of linear equations solved.
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Diophantus an Alexandrin “father of algebra", writes his famous Arithmetica, a work featuring solutions of algebraic equations and on the theory of numbers.
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The Bakhshali Manuscript written in ancient India uses a form of algebraic notation using letters of the alphabet and other signs, and contains cubic and quartic equations, algebraic solutions of linear equations with up to five unknowns, the general algebraic formula for the quadratic equation, and solutions of indeterminate quadratic equations and simultaneous equations.
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The word algebra means the re-union of broken parts, and was first used around 800AD by Arabic scholars, and Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵhwārizmī in specific Al-Khwarizmi is often considered the "father of algebra", Because he introduced the idea that what happens on one side has to happen on the other.
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Francois Viete starts uses letters to replace variables and uses the +/- signs to represent addition and subtraction.
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German mathematician Carl Friederich Gauss proves the fundamental theorem of algebra.
