History Of Algebra Ella

Plimpton 322

1800 BCE

Plimpton 322 tablet creates a table of Pythagorean which triples in Babylonian Cuneiform. In the past, there was a debate on what the tablet was, We know that he was or a professional mathematician in his time.

René Descartes

1635 BCE

René Descartes introduced the letters z, y, and x in algebra used as variables to solve for the unknown. He as a philosopher and he was also a scientist. The Cartesian coordinate system was named after him he's called the Father Of Analytical Algebra And Geometry.

Al-Samawal

1300 BCE

Al-Samawal created the definition of algebra. He was also an astronomer and a physician. He wrote a math treatise al-Bahie fi’jabr which translates to “the brilliant in algebra” when he was nineteen.

Bhaskara Acharya

1150 BCE

Bhaskara Acharya wrote “Bijaganita”, which was the first source that recognized how a positive number has two square roots in the 12th century. He is considered the greatest mathematician of medieval India and was an astronomer. He's mostly recognized for his discovery of differential calculus and how it applies to astronomical problems.

Early Math in China

625 BCE

Wang Xiaotong was a Chinese mathematician who studied numerical solutions. His main contribution to modern algebra was the Jigu suanjing which translates to Continuation of Ancient Mathematics.

Diophantus of Alexandria

200 BCE

Alexandrian mathematician Diophantus, is called the father of algebra. he wrote a famous book seiries called Arithmetica, featuring algebraic equation. These books haven't been found, but they still affect modern day algebra.

Abū Sahl al-Qūhī

1000

Abū Sahl al-Qūhī solved equations greater than the second degree. He was an astronomer, and a physicist. He flourished in the 10th century in Baghdad an he is considered one of the best Muslim geometers in his time.

Math in Italy

1535

Scipione del Ferro and Niccoló Fontana Tartaglia solved a general cubic equation for algebra in Italy. He only showed his private work to his other mathematician friends. He tried to improve arithmetic and completed discussions of numerical operations.

Algebra taught at Colleges

1786

Algebra was first taught and offered as a class at Harvard in 1786. In 1820 it was requiered for admission. Yale college included teaching algebra in 1821 and and Princeton 1846.

Emmy Noether

1926

Emmy Noether extended David Hilbert's theory on the finite basis problem to representations finite groups over feilds. she also contributed ideas in abstract algebra and theoretical physics.