algebra timeline

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  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1598 BCE

    Ancient Egypt and Babylon

    Ancient Babylon and egypt both very much contributed and mostly contributed to the invention of algebra. Ancient Babylon has been deemed as the main inventor though. They both helped invent this important mathematical language
  • 1650 BCE

    Rhind Papyrus

    Rhind Papyrus
    A famous document on algebra. This document details 84 different mathematical equations and operations. This was very important in the creation of algebra.
  • 200

    Diofanto

    Diofanto
    He wrote many books on the subject and was the first person to start using symbols for unknown numbers. He also used abbreviations for powers and operations. He contributed to great advances in algebra.
  • Period: 201 to 299

    Aritmética

    Series of books written by Diophantus. He created these books to teach people more about algebra. These books also helped people understand equations during algebra and the more complicated parts.
  • Period: 750 to 847

    Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

    He wrote two books on algebra that helped us shape the way we look at algebra. He also created and invented many things in algebra. He made big advancements.
  • 1487

    Michael Stifel

    Michael Stifel
    He wrote an Algebraic text in German.He the first person in history to do this which allowed more people to understand algebra. This allowed for millions of people to more deeply understand algebra.
  • Period: to

    Rene Descartes

    Was the first person to start using the letter “x” instead of a symbol to represent an unknown number. This made it so that people could use the alphabet to represent unknown symbols. This allowed fro more symbols and for more organization.

  • Gottfried Leibniz

    Gottfried Leibniz
    He wa a famous algebraist. He made changes and help people with algebra. He helped many people understand algebra better.

  • Algebra being taught in schools

    Algebra being taught in schools
    Algebra starts being taught in schools. This makes so kids as well can learn algebra. ALso more generation can learn from a young age a develop their understanding to get better.

  • Modern Algebra

    Modern Algebra
    Created 200 years ago. This also updated some beliefs. This made changes so thing would go more smoothly.