The history of algebra

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  • 2300 BCE

    Developed

    Developed
    Classical algebra was first developed by the ancient Babylonians,
  • 753 BCE

    Diophantus

    Diophantus
    He is credited sometimes for being one of the fathers
  • 100

    The chinese used it

    The chinese used it
    The Chinese began to publish their own algebra writings around 100 BC.
  • 600

    Bhaskara

    Bhaskara
    Bhaskara replaces unknown variables with letters,
  • 800

    First time used by arabic scholars

    First time used by arabic scholars
    it was first used around 800 AD by Arabic scholars, and is still in our language today
  • 801

    al-Khwarizmi

    al-Khwarizmi
    He was one of the first to write about algebra

  • Francois Viete

    Francois Viete
    Francois Viete starts uses letters to replace variables and uses the +/- signs to represent addition and subtraction.

  • The first text

    The first text
    The earliest extant mathematical text from Egypt is the Rhind papyrus

  • Gabriel Crame

    Gabriel Crame
    Gabriel Cramer studies algebraic curves, matrices and determinants

  • Carl Friedrich Gauss

    Carl Friedrich Gauss
    Proves the fundamental theorem of algebra