The History of Algebra

  • 1650 BCE

    Balancing and Reproducing Algorithms

    Balancing and Reproducing Algorithms
    A few of the first and best fathers of algebra were Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Musa Al Khwarizmi and Diophantus. These fathers of algebra made major contributions to balancing and reducing algebraic equations and they introduced algorithms.
  • 801

    Islamic Mathematics, Al- Khwarizmi

    Islamic Mathematics, Al- Khwarizmi
    During the 9th century, Al- Khwarizmi who is now considered a founding father of mathematics and he gathered many ideas from the Greek and Indians too come up with his own which was his contribution to the Hindu system which is the one, we use today.
  • 801

    The First Ever Counting Tool

    The First Ever Counting Tool
    During the 9th century, the abacus was the first ever counting tool invented in China to help with math calculations and is now used as a baby toy.
  • 1201

    Cubic Equations

    Cubic Equations
    Leonardo Fibonacci participated in finding out how to solve cubic equations during the 13th century.
  • 1501

    Symbols

    Symbols
    Because of the introduction of symbols for the unknown, algebraic powers and operations. In the 16th century, Descartes work transitioned from geometric solutions to algebraic solutions.
  • Women In Mathematic History

    Women In Mathematic History
    Maria Agnesi who lived from 1718 to 1799 was the first ever woman to be appointed the university professor of mathematics.
  • Polynomial equations

    Polynomial equations
    Carl Gauss proved that every polynomial equations has at least one root for the answer.
  • Women In Mathematics History

    Women In Mathematics History
    Charlotte Angus Scott was the first ever woman to be the head of a college math department.
  • The True Story Behind Hidden Figures

    The True Story Behind Hidden Figures
    Throughout the years 1950-1980 three incredible black women who did years worth of calculations to risk John Glenn going up into space, which is now a real movie called Hidden Figures.
  • Beautiful Mind

    Beautiful Mind
    John F. Nash was a mathematician who shared a Nobel for his work and greatly extended the reach and power of modern economic theory and whose long descent into severe mental illness and eventual recovery were the subject of a book and a film, both titled “A Beautiful Mind”.