History of algebra Ryo Okura

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  • 1800 BCE

    The first idea of algebra

    The first idea of algebra
    only words were used in an algebra. Attempts to solve equations involving one or more unknown qualities.
  • 1800 BCE

    Algebra metod started

    Algebra metod started
    In Egypt and Babylon, the first method of algebra started.The first-degree equation, or one in which all the variables are only to the first power.
  • 1800 BCE

    First Babylonian algebra

    First Babylonian algebra
    Based on a well-elaborated, positional sexagesimal system—that is, a system of base 60, not a system of base 10.
  • 1650 BCE

    First Egyptian Algebra

    First Egyptian Algebra
    A linear equation is a first-degree equation, or one in which all the variables are only to the first power.
  • 480 BCE

    Develop method

    Develop method
    Algebraic thinking underwent a substantial reform following the advancement by scholars of Islam's Golden Age. Until this point, the civilizations that inherited Babylonian mathematics practiced algebra in progressively elaborate "procedural methods."
  • 700

    Spreading the idea

    Spreading the idea
    saw the spread of Greek and Indian mathematics to the Muslim world. member of the House of Wisdom of Baghdad, published "Al-jabr wa'l muqabalah," or "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing."

  • Almost like today’s algebra.

    Almost like today’s algebra.
    René Descartes (1596-1650) used algebra we would recognize today in his 1637 publication "La Géométrie," which pioneered the practice of graphing algebraic

  • Modern algebra

    Modern algebra
    By the time of Gauss, algebra had entered its modern phase. Groups began as systems of permutations and combinations of roots of polynomials.