History of Algebra: Hinata Sato

Rhind Papyrus

1650 BCE

Ancient Egyptian algebraic equations on the Rhind Papyrus. The Rhind Papyrus is an ancient scroll that includes many different types of mathematic problems.

Development in algebra

900 BCE

Conceived the idea of reducing geometrical problems such as duplicating the cube to problems in algebra

Greek and Indian math

800

Greek (mathematics texts and advances written in Greek, developed from the 7th century BC to the 4th century) and Indian (the mathematics done in the Islamic world between the 8th and 13th centuries CE.) mathematics spread on Muslim.

al-Khwarizmi

1100

Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, "The Father of Algebra" invented algebra.

al-Qalasādī

1445

Abū al-Hasan ibn Alī al-Qalasādī was a Muslim mathematician who took a first step toward the introduction of algebraic symbolism. He wrote books on arithmetic and algebra.

Johannes Widmann

1486

Johannes Widmann gave a first university lecture on algebra and its uses. (about plus and minus signs)

Michael Stifel

1544

Michael Stifel wrote a comprehensive study on arithmetic and algebra. It was the first algebraic text to be written in the German language.

François Viète

1591

François Viète's work on algebra was important. He helped to bring algebra to the fore in Europe. His algebraic notation book was published in 1591.

European algebra

1600

Algebra emerged at the end of the 16th century in Europe.

Rene Descartes

1637

René Descartes introduces the use of the letters z, y, and x for unknown variable.