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The History of Algebra

By ryry25
  • Algebra in the early 1800s BC
    1800 BCE

    Algebra in the early 1800s BC

    The Old Babylonian Strassburg tablet seeks the solution of a quadratic elliptic equation
  • Ancient  Algebra
    1650 BCE

    Ancient Algebra

    Rhind Papyrus is an ancient scroll that states a vary of different mathematical problems
  • The Plimpton
    1600 BCE

    The Plimpton

    One of the most famous tablets is the Plimpton 322 tablet, created around 1600-1900 BCE, which gives a table of pythagorean triplets and represents some of the most advance mathematics prior to greek mathamatics.
  • Al-Khwarizmi
    825 BCE

    Al-Khwarizmi

    Around 825 he wrote the book "Hisab Al-jabr w’al-muqabala", from which we get the word algebra (meaning 'restoration of broken parts'). This book included many word problems,
  • 300 BCE

    Where the cube comes in

    A geometric construction for the solution of the cubic is sought
  • 200 BCE

    Diophantus

    Diophantus applied himself to some quite complex algebraic problems, particularly what has since become known as Diophantine Analysis, which deals with finding integer solutions to kinds of problems that lead to equations in several unknowns.
  • Equations
    150 BCE

    Equations

    Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria, treats algebraic equations in three volumes of mathematics
  • 100 BCE

    Solutions to these equations

    Algebraic equations are treated in the Chinese mathematics book
    “The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art “, which contains solutions of linear equations solved using the rule of double false position,geometric solutions of quadratic equations
  • Negative numbers
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    Negative numbers

    In the first century, Hero of Alexandria gives the earliest fleeting reference to square roots of negative numbers.