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Classical algebra was first developed by the ancient Babylonians,
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He is credited sometimes for being one of the fathers
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The Chinese began to publish their own algebra writings around 100 BC.
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Bhaskara replaces unknown variables with letters,
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it was first used around 800 AD by Arabic scholars, and is still in our language today
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He was one of the first to write about algebra
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Francois Viete starts uses letters to replace variables and uses the +/- signs to represent addition and subtraction.
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The earliest extant mathematical text from Egypt is the Rhind papyrus
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Gabriel Cramer studies algebraic curves, matrices and determinants
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Proves the fundamental theorem of algebra
