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1800 BCE
Babylonian mathematics dating from very early
cuneiform texts preserved in clay tablets. Babylonian arithmetic was based on a well-elaborated, positional sexagesimal system (base 60) -
825 BCE
The Islamic tradition in mathematics
when Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi wrote his famous treatise al-Kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab aljabr wa’l-muqabala. -
800 BCE
The word algebra was created
First used by Arabic scholars to describe reunion of broken parts. -
800 BCE
The word algebra was created
First used by Arabic scholars to describe reunion of broken parts. -
430 BCE
A major milestone of Greek mathematics was the discovery by the Pythagoreans
Certain ratios among pairs of magnitudes do not correspond to simple ratios among whole numbers. -
100 BCE
Algebra was created by the Babylonians
The Babylonians were able to find out unknown quantities by using formulas and equations. -
100 BCE
Algebra was created by the Babylonians
The Babylonians were able to find out unknown quantities by using formulas and equations. -
1130
Al- samawal gives a definition of algebra
Al- samawal defines algebra as operating on unknowns using all the arithmetical tools, in the same way as the arithmetician operates on the known. -
1200
Sharaf al din al Tusi writes Al mu adalat
A equation that deals with eight types of cubic equations with positive solutions. -
François Viète's work on new algebra at the close of the 16th century was an important step towards modern algebra
Published La Géométrie, inventing analytic geometry -
Abstract geometry was devoloped
A way of using algebra with geomatric lines was created. -
Mikhail Gromov develops the theory of hyperbolic groups,
revolutionizing both infinite group theory and global differential geometry,
