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Period: 540 BCE to 250 BCE
Pythagoras
Greek mathematician Pythagoras followers use geometric, visual strategies to solve equations. -
100 BCE
Publishing your own method
This is similar to the idea of graphing two linear equations to see where they intersect rather than directly solving for the solution. The Chinese began to publish their own algebra writings around 100 BC. -
100 BCE
Classical Algebra
Classical algebra was first developed by the ancient Babylonians, who had a system similar to our algebra. -
Period: 200 to 300
Dioplantas of Alexandria
Greek mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria begins replacing sentences with symbols. -
Period: 598 to 665
Algebra discovery
Bhaskara replaces unknown quantities with letters, while Brahmagupta discovers ways to solve systems of equations in India. -
Period: 780 to 850
Muhammad Ibn
Muhammad Ibn writes a book containing the first clear explanation of solving equations by doing the same operation on both sides. -
830
The word algebra
The word "algebra" is derived from the Arabic word الجبر al-jabr, and this comes from the treatise -
Period: 1501 to 1576
Girolamo Cardano
Girolamo Cardano writes a book containing solutions to cubic and quadratic equations. -
Period: to
“Compendious book on calculations by completion and balancing”
The “Compendious book on calculations by completion and balancing” was written by a persian mathematician who lived in Baghdad. During the 8th and 9th century. -
Period: to
French mathematician
French mathematician Evariste Galois develops a group theory in solving algebra
