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1800 BCE
Babylonian Quadratic equation
A papyrus sheet contains a quadratic equation and its solution. -
1650 BCE
The Rhind Papyrus
The Rhind Papyrus is an ancient scroll that includes many different types of mathematic problems by August Eisenlohr. -
800 BCE
Buadhayana and Pythagoras’ theorem
Used algebra to derive Pythagoras’ theorem. -
323 BCE
Euclid
Euclid is regarded as the "father of geometry". His Elements is the most successful textbook in the history of mathematics. -
100 BCE
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
Algebraic equations are treated in the Chinese mathematics book Jiuzhang suanshu, which contains solutions of linear equations solved. -
200
Diophantus’ Aritmetica
Diophantus an Alexandrin “father of algebra", writes his famous Arithmetica, a work featuring solutions of algebraic equations and on the theory of numbers. -
700
The Bakhshali manuscript
The Bakhshali Manuscript written in ancient India uses a form of algebraic notation using letters of the alphabet and other signs, and contains cubic and quartic equations, algebraic solutions of linear equations with up to five unknowns, the general algebraic formula for the quadratic equation, and solutions of indeterminate quadratic equations and simultaneous equations. -
800
Al-Khwarizmi
The word algebra means the re-union of broken parts, and was first used around 800AD by Arabic scholars, and Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵhwārizmī in specific Al-Khwarizmi is often considered the "father of algebra", Because he introduced the idea that what happens on one side has to happen on the other. -
1540
Francois Viete
Francois Viete starts uses letters to replace variables and uses the +/- signs to represent addition and subtraction. -
Theorem of Algebra
German mathematician Carl Friederich Gauss proves the fundamental theorem of algebra.
