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1700 BCE
The Beginning
Babylonians solve quadratic equations with the completing square methods -
1000 BCE
The Nine Chapters of the Mathematical Arts
Chinese scholars have been taking mathematical texts and putting them into the book, "The Nine Chapters of the Mathematical Arts" -
800 BCE
Baudhayana
Baudhayana, a mathematician from India Uses Algebra to derive Pythagorean’ theorem -
200
Diophantus
Greek mathematician publishes Arithmetica (first ever arithmetic) -
300
Bakhshali Manuscript
The oldest manuscript in Indian mathematicians with linear equations and symbols -
598
Bhaskara and Brahmagupta
Bhaskara creates variables by replacing values with letters and Brahmagupta solved the systems of equations -
800
Al- Khwarizmi
Wrote the first clearly explained book on how to solve algebraic equations. Considered the "Father of Algebra" -
1501
Girolamo Cardano
Wrote a book on how to solve quadratic and cubic equations -
1540
Francois Viete
First to use the +/- signs to show positives and negatives -
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Proved the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
