The History of Algebra

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  • 539 BCE

    Babylonia algebra explanation

    Babylonia algebra explanation
    The Babylonians made tablets that explain algebraic equations.All math that are used by the people in Mesopotamia was related to the Babylonians.Their algebraic goal was computation of a number.
  • 250 BCE

    Pythagoras

    Pythagoras
    Pythagoras is a Greek mathematician used visual strategies to solve equations.Is an important figure in the development of math.He used to study algebraic geometry.
  • 100 BCE

    Chinese Algebra

    Chinese Algebra
    The Chinese came up with their own algebra writing.They had made many developments and advances in algebra.They invented negative numbers and decimals.
  • 499

    Aryabhatiya by Aryabhata

    He was the first person in the line of the greatest mathematician-astronomers.His famous work is Aryabhatiya.He worked on the approximation of pi.
  • 598

    Bhraskara and Brahmagupta

    Bhraskara replaces unknown values with letters. Brahmagupta discovered ways to solve equations. they both come up with different ways of solving equations.
  • 780

    Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

    Wrote a book consisting of a clear explanation of solving equations. Explained how to do the same operation on both sides of an equation. His teachings are still being used today.
  • 800

    Origin of the word Algebra

    Origin of the word Algebra
    The word Algebra comes from the Arabic language that scholars used. Scholars were the first people to used the word. Algebra is still in our language today.
  • 1048

    Omar Khayyam

    He was know by using line segments to solve cubic equations. His use of the unknown variable in an arabic name was changed to “x“.His work was the reason that Arab mathematics went to Europe.
  • 1540

    Francois Viete

    Used letters in equations to replace variables. Used symbols to represent addition (+) and subtraction (-).His work was a big step in newer algebra.
  • 1545

    Ars magna

    Is an important book about algebra that was published by Gerolamo Cardano.The book contains how to solve cubic and quadriceps equations.the book also shows ways how some equations need special ways to be solved.