History of Algebra

The Babylonian's

2000 BCE

Millenniums ago the first algebra that is known to mankind was created in Babylon. The Babylonians at the time were in their golden age, so they put their minds together to create, what we know as today..... ALGEBRA.

Pythagoras

500 BCE

Pythagoras created the Pythagoras theorem ,hence his name. The Pythagoras theorem influenced the method of solving equations using shapes or better known as Geometry.

Diophantus of Alexndria

350

Diophantus of Alexandra, back in about 250 a.d. started to replace statements with symbols. Diophantus taught many people about algebra through books. He released books to Greece to learn algebra.

Bhaskara I

600

Bhaskara I is well known because he was a brilliant mathematician and he has proven that. Bhaskara started using letters for unknown values. Now we using variables every single day, especially students.

Brahmagupta

600

Brahmagupta simply wanted to spread the knowledge of algebra, so he decided to publish books to teach people o n ways he discovered to solve equations.

The Founding Father of Algebra

800

The Founding Father of Algebra is most definitely Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi has had the most influence on Algebra becuase he created the balancing method that most people use today. Students especially use his methods in school

Girolimo Cardano

1550

Girolimo Cardano influenced the history of Algebra because he published a book on how to solve cubic and quadratic equations.

Francois Viete

1600

Francois Viete has a huge impact on Algebra because he used the + sign and the - sign for the operations addition and subtractions. Since then we still use his methods.

Sir. Isaac Newton

1700

Sir. Isaac Newton had a big impact on Algebra because he proposes the law of gravity. The law of gravity influence many other people to learn about Algebra. After many years they used the law for things like satelites in space