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2000 BCE
Thureau-Dangin
Dating back to the Babylonians period, soon after the discovery of the clay tablet, they began using the artifact for mathematical interpretations. The people who are responsible for this discovery are himself and Neugebauer. -
540 BCE
Pythagoras
Pythagoras, a Greek mathematician started solving equations visually and geometrically to make solving equations more efficient in the future of mathematics. -
100 BCE
Chinese began publishing Algebra books
In this time period, the Chinese began to publish readings related to algebra once they understood the concept. -
200
Diophantus
Diophantus is responsible for showing the concept of solving algebraic problems and how to find rational solutions to equations with variables/unknown. -
780
Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi
He took part in founding the Hindu numerals 1-9. He also helped create algebraic methods like balancing two sides of an equation so that they were equal. -
800
Arabic scholars
Arabic scholars are responsible for the word “Algebra” which really means the reunion of broken parts based on Arabic origins. Once they came up with this, the word was used everywhere. -
1501
Girolamo Cardano
Girolamo wrote and published a book that inside of it contained solutions to cubic and quadratic equations, revealing more about how to evaluate equations that had to do with area, volume, etc. -
1540
Francois Viete
Francois created the addition and subtraction signs and he also started substituting letters for numbers. -
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels is responsible for proving that there’s no true and general formula that works for all quintic equations. Quintic equations are equations for a polygon that is not a basic shape like a triangle, square, etc. -
Amalie Noether
Amalie made many discoveries and findings related to noncommutative algebras meaning she found out more ways to be able to move around terms in an equation and keep the sum the same.
