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1800 BCE
Algebra in the early 1800s BC
The Old Babylonian Strassburg tablet seeks the solution of a quadratic elliptic equation -
1650 BCE
Ancient Algebra
Rhind Papyrus is an ancient scroll that states a vary of different mathematical problems -
1600 BCE
The Plimpton
One of the most famous tablets is the Plimpton 322 tablet, created around 1600-1900 BCE, which gives a table of pythagorean triplets and represents some of the most advance mathematics prior to greek mathamatics. -
825 BCE
Al-Khwarizmi
Around 825 he wrote the book "Hisab Al-jabr w’al-muqabala", from which we get the word algebra (meaning 'restoration of broken parts'). This book included many word problems, -
300 BCE
Where the cube comes in
A geometric construction for the solution of the cubic is sought -
200 BCE
Diophantus
Diophantus applied himself to some quite complex algebraic problems, particularly what has since become known as Diophantine Analysis, which deals with finding integer solutions to kinds of problems that lead to equations in several unknowns. -
150 BCE
Equations
Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria, treats algebraic equations in three volumes of mathematics -
100 BCE
Solutions to these equations
Algebraic equations are treated in the Chinese mathematics book
“The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art “, which contains solutions of linear equations solved using the rule of double false position,geometric solutions of quadratic equations -
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Negative numbers
In the first century, Hero of Alexandria gives the earliest fleeting reference to square roots of negative numbers.
