Important Discoveries in Mathematics

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    Diophantus Arithmetica

    Diophantus Arithmetica
    Diophantus first uses symbols for unknown quantities and writes Arithmetica
  • Jan 1, 600

    Brahmagupta

    Brahmagupta
    Brahmagupta invents the method of solving second degree indeterminate equations
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Law of Sines

    Law of Sines
    Law of Sines is discovered by Muslim mathematicians
  • Jan 1, 1520

    Scipione del Ferro

    Scipione del Ferro
    Scipione del Ferro develops a method for solving cubic equations without an x^2 term
  • Jan 1, 1540

    Lodovico Ferrari

    Lodovico Ferrari
    Lodovico Ferrari solves the quartic equation