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250
Diophantus of Alexandria
Diophantus of Alexandria was sometimes called "the father of algebra" was an ancient Greek text on mathematics written by him int the 3rd century AD. -
499
Aryabhatiya by Aryabhata
Aryabhata was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His most famous work is Aryabhatiya. -
Jan 1, 830
The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing``
The term algebra is derived from the name of one of the basic operations with equations described in this book. The fame from this book came from its use of simplification of linear and quadratic equations. -
Jan 1, 1048
Omar Khayyam
Omar is known for using a geometric approach to solve cubic equations using line segments. His use of the unknown variable in an Arabic name was later abbreviated to the current day “x” used as the unknown variable that is being solved for in an equation. -
Jan 1, 1202
Liber Abaci
Fibonacci is best known to the modern world for the spreading of the Hindu and Arabic numeral system in Europe with the publication of his book, Liber Abaci which translates to Book of Calculation. He is also known for a number sequence named the Fibonacci numbers after him, which he used as an example in the Liber Abaci. -
Jan 1, 1545
Ars Magna
Ars magna, which translates into "The Great Art", contains techniques for solving cubic and quartic equations. -
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler work is the building block of many important algebraic notations. The very basic algebraic formula involving f(x) functions were notated by him. -
Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
Karl Gauss published one of the most brilliant achievements in mathematics, Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, at the age of 24. Gauss also proved that every number is the sum of at most three triangular numbers and developed the algebra of congruence. -
Galois
Galos's major contribution is known as Galois Theory, which he discovered while trying to find roots for polynomial equations. This is the foundation for what is known today as group theory! -
The Laws of Thought
George Boole is best known as the author of The Laws of Thought, an influential book on algebraic logic.He was the inventor of Boolean Logic, which is now the basis of the modern computer.
